Last week, Disney+ announced a new documentary on American hero Dr. Anthony Fauci.
An unprecedented portrait of one of America’s most vital public servants. FAUCI, a Documentary from @NatGeo, is streaming October 6 only on #DisneyPlus. #FauciDoc pic.twitter.com/M9rOmSl3RQ
— Disney+ (@disneyplus) October 4, 2021
Well, October 6 has come and gone. How’s the documentary? Is it any good? Let’s check out Rotten Tomatoes and see what other people think of it:
Why did Rotten Tomatoes disable the audience score? pic.twitter.com/36uKaXZvtY
— 🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴 (@JoshLekach) October 10, 2021
Wait a sec … that’s weird. A 91% on the Tomatometer means that critics love it. And if the critics love it, the audience must love it, too, right?
Everything you see is a lie. None of what you see is real. https://t.co/WhbJEhKC8w
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) October 10, 2021
Why would Rotten Tomatoes try to keep the audience score under wraps?
Ohhhhh:
URGENT: #Fauci sets new critics/audience divide on RT pic.twitter.com/oDOtmy92OG
— EW (@ErickWeber) October 11, 2021
“URGENT” seems accurate, as “Fauci” is apparently on life support with the public.
Fauci audience score just dropped lmfao pic.twitter.com/CMNVrG2OrD
— Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) October 11, 2021
Yikes. Well, now we understand.
1.9/10 from users on IMDB. 70 of 100 (Metascore) from the “critics” pic.twitter.com/ryRGefDTLk
— Tyler Cardon (@TyCardon) October 10, 2021
It seems that the people have spoken … and they haven’t had anything nice to say.
Bahahaha. Ouch https://t.co/0NZDuYr1sD
— Captain Archibald Haddock (@captainoldsalt) October 11, 2021
You hate to see it. Almost as much as you hate to see this:
Two Americas pic.twitter.com/bcUKhgzJ4p
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 11, 2021
Damn. Dave Chappelle’s lookin’ pretty good to everyday Americans.
Looks like one America to me. https://t.co/ekSdbhKMht
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 11, 2021
One ‘merica.
Everyone seems pretty united except one group of people.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 11, 2021
Now, obviously, Rotten Tomatoes is not the sole arbiter of popularity, and it’s entirely possible that “Fauci” is just a victim of review-bombers. But the indisputable fact remains that Dave Chappelle has brought a whole lot more to the table than Anthony Fauci — and he’s much better at his job.
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