That was the greatest monologue ever. Not a person in that audience wasn't uncomfortable.
Ricky Gervais
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That was awesome, and it took some balls.
Best part was calling out the sheer hypocrisy of these people acting like moral orbiters while working with companies that tow the line in China.
Best part was calling out the sheer hypocrisy of these people acting like moral orbiters while working with companies that tow the line in China.
i absolutely loved that monologue. was watching the game before it and wanted to change the channel immediately. im glad my wife said she wanted to see a little bit of it first or i wouldve missed it.
Let's see how many jobs he gets going forward from that roasting.
Freaking hilarious! Some of these Hollywood types need a good roasting from time to time.
Everybody enjoys seeing influential people getting called out for their hypocrisy when it comes from one of their own who breaks ranks.
It's pretty awesome seeing guys like Gervais and Chappelle doing what they are doing.
Hasn't he shit on these people before? Not to this degree but I remember him causing a stir previously yet he got booked again.
Those Hollywood libs were OWNED by... wait a second this can't be right... They were owned by liberal ideas?
The truth is, most in that room probably agreed with Gervais. I'm surprised most of you do. It's like you are so focused on the libs getting owned and not paying attention you accidentally agreed with democrats.
The truth is, most in that room probably agreed with Gervais. I'm surprised most of you do. It's like you are so focused on the libs getting owned and not paying attention you accidentally agreed with democrats.
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Imagine the type of delusion and internal spin machine required to somehow take this monologue and view it as a victory for Democrats, when the room was 99.9% major Democratic donors.
Interesting take. So are you saying that things like being friends with Epstein or looking the other way on apple is conservative?
To me it didnt seem like it was particularly political, it was pointing out the hypocrisy of preaching social justice but doing the opposite.
Shook is just upset that 75% of the DNC donor base was ridiculed on national TV.
He does have a point, I just dont know that you can draw a politically ideological line and say he was taking a liberal position. Is a conservative more likely to align with Apple and Amazon? Doesn't really seem like it but it doesn't seem like a liberal would either. Gervais basically said the same things that conservatives have been saying about Hollywood for years, but that doesn't mean it was strictly a conservative POV driving it.
That guy is annoying, never was funny. Does he not realize that people in Hollywood make money on creating fantasy?
They probably all agreed
Imagine the type of delusion and internal spin machine required to somehow take this monologue and view it as a victory for Democrats, when the room was 99.9% major Democratic donors.
He's calling out companies and corporate greed, calling for those in the audience to put their money where there mouth is, but that's a flawed argument. The audience is made up of employees. Famous employees but employees none the less. Many of them wouldn't even see the 2% Warren tax because they aren't rich enough.
If they don't work for Apple someone else will. The problem isn't the workers or the companies in my opinion but sure he owned the libs I guess
Gervais is an atheist liberal who endorsed Jeremy Corbyn, so he certainly wasn't making points from a conservative perspective.
I’m certain Ricky Gervais understand far more about the people in Hollywood than we do
He's just never been funny to me so I guess his opinion matters less. I value Dave Chappelle's opinion more because he's actually funny. Weird.
Once upon a time, everybody was open to being a target of a good joke. Ricky Gervais (who I don't find particularly funny) and Dave Chappelle (who I do) are 'equal opportunity' skewerers.
But the two recent WC threads regarding these two comedians have applauded their 'attacks' on the 'snowflake' left. Given all the comedic skewering of Trump, we need to balance the scales, right guys?
A good comedian highlights all of the crazy, stupid sh*t all of us do. If we can't keep our sense of humor going forward, we really are screwed.
But the two recent WC threads regarding these two comedians have applauded their 'attacks' on the 'snowflake' left. Given all the comedic skewering of Trump, we need to balance the scales, right guys?
A good comedian highlights all of the crazy, stupid sh*t all of us do. If we can't keep our sense of humor going forward, we really are screwed.
Seemed to me like he was calling out people who preach against the wealthy but then support them for their own interests. Gervais just singled them out instead of making blanket statements.
Following suit, Judd Apatow just did an interview that was extremely critical of Hollywood kowtowing to China. Nice to see people standing up.
Like I said, Shook is upset that the main DNC donor base was ridiculed and called it for hypocrisy
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