Amy Schumer: The Leather Special

Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
Written by Amy Schumer
Directed by Amy Schumer
Starring Amy Schumer
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 57 minutes
Release
Original network Netflix
Original release March 7, 2017

Amy Schumer: The Leather Special is comedian Amy Schumer's first stand-up special for the streaming-service Netflix. It was recorded at Colorado's Bellco Theatre in Denver on November 5, 2016. The hour-long special premiered globally on March 7, 2017.

Production and release

Schumer recorded The Leather Special at the Bellco Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday November 5, 2016.[1] The show was part of a 2016 world tour with shows on three continents.[2]

Netflix released the special on March 7, 2017.[3]

Reception

The Leather Special has received "generally favorable reviews" (72 out of 100)[4] from critics according to Metacritic.[5] These included a San Francisco Chronicle review entitled "Schumer’s comic genius on full display in Netflix special" in which David Wiegand described The Leather Special as "an hour of hilarious, raunchy comedy," praising Schumer's "timing, her way of landing a punch line with a bang, so to speak, and then tossing a little afterword over her shoulder."[6] In Entertainment Weekly, Ray Rahman wrote of the special: "It's pretty much 85 percent sex jokes. The good news is that all the sex jokes are very funny! And even when Schumer turns her attention elsewhere, she still kills it."[7]

However, the special received a large number of negative ratings from audiences, averaging one star of five on Netflix a week after premiering.[8][9][4] It also received many more reviews than other Netflix comedy specials released around the same time.[4] Reporting by Splitsider suggested that Reddit commenters contributed to this,[10] citing posts on the Donald Trump-supporting subreddit, /r/The_Donald--one of the most active communities on Reddit with nearly 400,000 users--actively encouraging negative reviews, with messages such as "please go and 1 star that piece of shit".[11] Schumer later responded to this on Instagram by stating that she felt "powerful and dangerous and brave" due to the attacks by alt-right "trolls".[12] Shortly thereafter, Netflix announced it would roll out a new, extensively modified user review system it had tested a year prior, removing its star review system completely and replacing it with a thumbs up or thumbs down option for viewers and a "compatibility" score.[13] A Netflix spokesman said the new system was intended to focus on helping users find material they will enjoy, rather than expressing "an opinion on the quality of a story."[13]

References

  1. Owens, Dylan (10 January 2017). "Denver sets the stage for Amy Schumer’s first Netflix special". Denver Post. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. Roffman, Michael (24 June 2016). "Amy Schumer announces massive world tour". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. Petski, Denise (2017-01-10). "Amy Schumer Comedy Special Set At Netflix". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. 1 2 3 Nakamura, Reid (March 14, 2017). "Amy Schumer’s Netflix Special Slammed By Users: ‘She’s Lost Herself’". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  5. Amy Schumer: The Leather Special, retrieved 2017-03-28
  6. Weigand, David (March 6, 2017). "Schumer’s comic genius on full display in Netflix special". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  7. Rahman, Ray (March 6, 2017). Entertainment Weekly. p. 62. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  8. Budowski, Jade (2017-03-14). "Amy Schumer’s ‘Leather Special’ Is Getting Overwhelmingly Negative Reviews From Netflix Subscribers". Decider | Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, HBO Go. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  9. Payton, Bre (2017-03-14). "'Horribly Unfunny': Amy Schumer's Netflix Special Trashed In Reviews". The Federalist. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  10. Vilkomerson, Sara (2017-03-15). "Amy Schumer Netflix Special Reviews Manipulated by 'Alt-Right' Trolls". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  11. Wright, Megh (2017-03-14). "Alt-Right Redditors Have Tanked Amy Schumer’s Netflix Ratings for ‘The Leather Special’". Splitsider. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  12. Bruner, Raisa (Mar 17, 2017). "Amy Schumer Has a Surprising Response to Her Internet Trolls". Time. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  13. 1 2 Hibberd, James (2017-03-16). "Netflix Changing User Reviews, Dumps Star Ratings". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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