Only halfway I love Dave Chappelle, he is part of my growing up. However, Sticks and Stones did not live up to his earlier potential.
There was a funny part from minute 10-16, where he was joking about all the different traits of the LGBT letters, but apart from that it was more a funny political speech, but less funny than Trump. (I'm not a Trump fan)
Compared to his previous skits, there was no drastic exaggeration anymore that made it so funny. It was all kind of lukewarm.
Also, his comment on Trans people missed the mark and were not really funny, but actually a bit transphobic. When you make fun of someone, you always gotta redeem yourself by uplifting and strengthening the group you made fun of on the way out. He made fun of them, but missed the redemption part.
Same for making fun of Chinese people, there was no redemption part.
But you can't expect him to hit the ground running after 15 years of absence. For the first special after his comeback it was okay and I hope we can see him adjusting and reinventing himself in the next special!