Amy Schumer's Netflix special slammed by viewers
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Amy Schumer’s highly anticipated stand-up special for Netflix is getting overwhelmingly negative reviews from users who are tuning in and rating it.
“Amy Schumer: The Leather Special” hit Netflix last week, and as the streaming service’s subscribers are starting to watching it, less-than-stellar reviews have been pouring in.
“I made it 10 minutes into this and shut it off,” one viewer review read. The user gave the special one-star out of five.
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Another viewer added, “SO BAD!! I did stay and watch the whole show in hopes that it would get better, and it didn’t.”
Yet another one-star user review added, “It just drags on and on. I’m really disappointed.”
Just watched @amyschumer new @netflix special. What a waste of time. Please @netflix take that down. I need a refund. #awful #Notaste
— Moira (@MoiraMMerani) March 15, 2017
Amy Schumer's new Netflix comedy special is laughably bad, which is the only laugh you'll get from it. And I say that as a fan.
— Hey_Drienne (@Hey_Drienne) March 15, 2017
Just watched Amy Schumer's Netflix special. Not funny. Not funny at all.
— Lewis Tough (@lewistough) March 12, 2017
The special has nearly 1,200 user reviews and an overall average rating of 1.5 stars.
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The stand-up special hasn’t done much better with TV critics.
The LA Times' reviewer said the special was too over-the-top when it came to the R-rated content Schumer is known for. “’The Leather Special’ not only relies on… explicit themes, but kicks it all up a notch so there’s more of it — with more frequency and extremities. And as it turns out, that’s not a good thing.”
Newsday’s TV critic gave a similar message, rating the special with a C grade, writing it’s “too much” and “too carnal.”
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The Detroit News called the special “funny but predictable.”
Schumer’s stand-up special for the streaming service was announced back in January.
At the time a Netflix exec stated, "Totally fearless and always hilarious, Amy Schumer's bold and singular voice in comedy is a brilliant match for Netflix and our global comedy fans.”
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Schumer previously released a 2015 stand-up special on HBO.