UPDATE: I'm replying here so future folks can track better. We are seeing a 10% or higher failure rate on the LCD screens on the StickC Plus 2 devices. We still have about 20 of the original 100 that we haven't used yet. We'll be calling M5Stack for some RMAs to try to get working devices.
Symptoms include the LCD not refreshing, but writing additional text over existing text, text not updating inside labels at all, the LCD turning from black to completely white without being programmed to do so, and eventually the screen just remained black (and still back lit). Reloading the device does NOT fix this issue.
Also, I'm working with @texasmedic.