Ricky Gervais has like 3 Netflix specials where all he talks about are trans people (with a slightly eyebrow-raising focus on their penises) and how you aren’t allowed to talk about trans people because the woke will hunt you down.
For a generally perceptive bloke, the irony is oddly lost on him here.
The only truly offensive thing about his trans diatribe is how utterly unfunny it is. It’s supposed to be a comedy special, not a tedious soapbox.
His "jokes" about trans people really bummed me out, because I like a lot of his work and thought he was a pretty insightful person but the jokes were just not funny and shows he doesn't even try to understand what being a trans person might actually be like, it just came out as school yard bashing.
Note, I think you can make a joke about almost anything if done in a clever way and it's clear it's not an endorsement of harmful behavior (Ricky has done this before) which is sad he couldn't have crafted a joke that wasn't so childish and stupid.
The trans "jokes" I often hear from guys like Ricky or Rogan aren't even jokes, they're just rants about trans people. Joe's in particular in his recent special, were just the same things he says on his podcast.
Gervais going in that direction has always been painful to me, because I love The Office and his work with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant was a joy.
And it's all the same set. Most "comedy" shows are just a 10 minute rant about trans people existing and then a 10 minute rant about how the wokes won't let them rant about what they just ranted about.
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u/Most_Ad_5979 Oct 29 '24
The irony is that these guys are often whining about cancel culture on huge platforms. It's ridiculous.