He should have left at the peak.

Yeah he's a way better writer than a comedian

Completely agree. Never been a fan of his stand-up, but incredible comedic actor. And dramatic actor too for that matter

His Michael Jackson joke still makes me laugh.

Yes it is. He uses one bottle to make a show of marking his territory like a dog.

What? He's not racist, that's just the way his people communicate!

Unfortunately time is non refundable, theatre policy.

He went to Saudi Arabia to make money and lost many fans. Myself included, those fuck faces killed and dismembered a journalist and deserve no international respect.

Not that far off... It's literally called "How to become a Christian in 7 days".

Ooh! I can answer this! He made a joke about someone in his life that was trans. It hit the media that he was doing jokes about trans people. So he tried to explain how he wasn't transphobic by telling a bunch of actual transphobic jokes, which was certainly a choice that was made. That turned a lot of people off, so he followed the laughs.

The first "new" Chappelle special is wonderful! No more offensive to any one group than any other. His follow up was mostly good, but some cringing at some bad takes. Clips thereafter are pretty.... Well, you see what thread we are in. 🙃

He's played to the MAGA crowd plenty in his last few acts. I personally can't stomach this kind of shit because the hate is pointed at me and my loved ones. really makes it impossible to give a pass too. he's just another asshole that would celebrate my death or the removal of my human rights if it means capturing an audience for profit. There's a lot of entertainers that get a pass from white audiences if they're fun enough. but it really spoils the mood when the gun is pointed at you.

So here’s the thing. In his prime in the early 2000s there legitimately was a liberal PC orthodoxy in comedy. This meant if you made a joke about a marginalised group it was implicitly understood that the humour was either in the outrageousness of it, or that bigotry itself was the true target of the joke, and that we weren’t supposed to take it at face value.

But then actual fascists started gaining power by campaigning against those same marginalised groups, and that type of joke stopped being possible even when played back verbatim. Gervais either hasn’t realized that, or is happy to play to the tastes of real bigots.

The Invention of Lying?

That's all I got.

Has he changed much? If you didn't like him before you probably won't now. If you did like him before but have already seen a lot of his stuff you will probably still like it but it might feel a little repetitive.

I remember laughing hysterically at his bit about Humpty Dumpty being reassembled by horses, "...if you were to design the perfect egg smashing device..."

I also found his portrayal of the titular Derek to actually be quite touching. I enjoyed the show.

Very hot take, he's often cited as a comedic genius. British office will always be way better than its American shadow. Afterlife showed he has range, extras gave us some of the funniest bits ever, etc

How much do you enjoy the joke "God isn't real and everyone who believes in God is stupid" on a loop?