W. Kamau Bell: Private School Negro (2018) Reviews

• Not really funny

  Karl Aksel2018-07-20

  I wasn't bored, hence the three stars. But the actual funny moments were very few and far between.

• Not funny

  Jessicanu942018-07-06

  All he does is talk about his political views the whole time. I didn't laugh once

• Horrible

  mpeterfinlay2018-07-01

  I want 60 minutes of my life back, PLEASE. As the previous reviewer stated, Kamau literally did not make any substantial jokes the entire series. It was laden with presumptuous racism that assumes the audience agrees with him. Unlike a Dave Chapelle who is at least very talented at getting his personal world view across, Kamau simply regurgitated the news for the past year and ascribes racism to otherwise innocuous interactions he has had in life. He called a curious older lady racist: wrong! He called a store clerk at the airport racist: wrong! He encourages his daughters to compete over skin color-- how does someone laugh about that? His soliloquy about Doc McStuffin's was just disappointing... While diversity in preschool aged television is fantastic and beautiful I do not believe the intent is to discredit physicians of other races and ethnicities. His worldview is so infuriatingly narrow and dull for a so-called "woke" person. Can we stop using race and Trump as joke-fodder? Some of the greatest comedians of all time achieved success authentically and with sincerity. While we can agree to dislike Mr. Trump by a vast majority, I think we'd like to depart from CNN for an hour while watching a not-so-funny comedy piece on Netflix. To be honest, I do not think he spent more than 15 minutes preparing for this segment. Try again next time, Kamau, with fewer to zero Trump and race "jokes".

• Simply not funny

  adverts2018-06-30

  I know it's hard for comedians to avoid the subject of Trump these days.....but if you're going to do it, don't simply repeat what Trump has said/done over the last year. That's not comedy. That's not making a joke. Trump is such an easy target, c'mon! Also, his last bit about letting his 3 (or 5?) year old run rampant in an airport - where the little girl pulled a half dozen Mickey Mouse blow ups off the shelf and then was yelled at by the store owner. Bell called that racism. It's not racism...it's called bad parenting.

• dimm witted

  tufinica2018-07-03

  Another would be political activist spewing hate and expecting people who agree with him to laugh , not amusing .