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Originally Posted by Evil Chris
I like Ricky Gervais but nowhere near as much as I used to.
In his first stand-up (Out of England), he made fun of the obese, down syndrome, autism, etc... Cheap shot comedy. Based on his awesome work with The Office and Extras, I really expected more from him.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one. His standup was horrid. Like a cheap immitation of an Eddie Izzard routine minus the wit. I think Gervais devoted the first 45 minutes plus to putting down fat people, a group of which he as been an obvious member of until relatively recently.
One thing I liked about Gervais and his work in extras was that he seemed anti american asthetics / superficiality and the big hollywood machine. Look at him now:
Good job comitting career suicide. Now people on both sides of the pond think he's an unfunny asshole.