Never Scared is the latest Chris Rock comedy special from HBO. I have long considered Rock to be one of the funniest comics in America (in my limited experience) and was expecting great things from Never Scared . My high expectation from Chris Rock may have led to my slight disappointment. In a sense, it was classic Chris Rock, but that was also the problem.

Rock s comedy focuses on relationships, politics, government, race relations, and now parenthood (since Rock is now a parent). There is plenty of material for Chris to draw upon, but the problem I had was just that he wasn t as funny as he has been in the past. This was a new comedy special, but it felt like the same old material, only not quite as funny. Don t get me wrong, Chris Rock is still a very funny man, but this performance was not at the level that I have come to expect from Chris Rock. It was good, but it wasn t as good as he has been and is capabale of. Rock has good points in his comedy, but this isn t his best work.