scanline
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Post by scanline on May 21, 2022 6:27:39 GMT
I just don't get it. Any of it. If a character is male/female or anything in between, I just don't care as long as the character is compelling. I don't care if a character is Human, Vulcan, Krogan, whatever, as long as they are compelling. Oh - so you are a Compellingist are you? That explains a lot.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 21, 2022 7:04:01 GMT
I personally don't care that much either.
But if I were part of a group that's traditionally been underrepresented at best, invisible or misrepresented at worst, I might like to see more people like me in media. I think it's fine for them to care about that, and it's not for me to tell them that they shouldn't.
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Post by Frog on May 21, 2022 7:19:02 GMT
There is just too much diversity now. You can't throw a brick through someone's window without it being labelled a hate crime.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 21, 2022 7:21:27 GMT
You threw the brick out of love!
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Post by jono62 on May 21, 2022 7:23:55 GMT
It's the only way I send messages.
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Post by anephric on May 21, 2022 21:00:39 GMT
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Post by Tuffty on May 24, 2022 12:04:30 GMT
Gervais special starting off with transgender jokes. Keeping in mind, he's said beforehand how he would love to be cancelled as a result of the show which basically sums him up. Feeding off any kind of attention like a vampire.
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Post by Danno on May 24, 2022 13:49:28 GMT
Gervais special starting off with transgender jokes. Keeping in mind, he's said beforehand how he would love to be cancelled as a result of the show which basically sums him up. Feeding off any kind of attention like a vampire. I watched the first 5 mins and he's just Piers Morgan with a Netflix deal at this point. Dreadful.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 24, 2022 13:57:16 GMT
You've got it wrong guys, Ricky is a soothsayer for our times we just don't know it yet.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 24, 2022 14:08:38 GMT
What was the joke?
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Post by Danno on May 24, 2022 14:10:15 GMT
A bunch of stuff about "look at her beard" followed by weaselly shit about how noone understands comedy anymore or something.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 24, 2022 14:12:13 GMT
Its not even a joke. Its along the lines of 'loving all the women Im seeing recently.... with beards and massive dicks'.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 24, 2022 14:13:30 GMT
Classic Gervais. Hi-larious!
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 24, 2022 14:19:04 GMT
It is all very 'dont make me tap the James Acaster sign'
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Post by Tuffty on May 24, 2022 14:46:03 GMT
It was very punching down comedy with no build up or pay off. Just insults.
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Post by cubby on May 24, 2022 14:46:03 GMT
Does he call James Acaster a mong? That seems to be his level now.
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Post by imamazed on May 24, 2022 15:12:52 GMT
It's a weird one. He's described himself as PC before which seemed about right, and certainly in the past the butt of the joke has been in the right place. But he's gone all in on 'cancel culture' and yeh, there's transphobia coming in now too.
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Post by Danno on May 24, 2022 15:15:04 GMT
It's a weird one. He's described himself as PC before which seemed about right, and certainly in the past the butt of the joke has been in the right place. But he's gone all in on 'cancel culture' and yeh, there's transphobia coming in now too. He's very all in on the transphobia as well.
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Post by imamazed on May 24, 2022 15:18:17 GMT
It's a weird one. He's described himself as PC before which seemed about right, and certainly in the past the butt of the joke has been in the right place. But he's gone all in on 'cancel culture' and yeh, there's transphobia coming in now too. He's very all in on the transphobia as well. Judging by this latest stand-up you're right yeh. He's not even pretending it's irony anymore (which, to be clear, doesn't scan either).
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 24, 2022 15:24:07 GMT
Pathetic
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Post by 😎 on May 24, 2022 15:28:16 GMT
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Post by RadicalRex on May 24, 2022 15:32:28 GMT
But he's gone all in on 'cancel culture' and yeh, there's transphobia coming in now too. It's interesting how "being cancelled" means fame and money, I guess transgender people are the perfect target for pissing off "the SJW's" while delighting a large audience. No easier road to success than punching down on them.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 24, 2022 15:33:00 GMT
Obviously the problem Netflix now has is that it seems like they sanction this buffoonery. Rightly or wrongly, it looks like they are actively putting out anti-trans content. No wonder they told their staff if they didnt like it they could fuck off the other week.
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Post by Danno on May 24, 2022 15:34:05 GMT
Most of the comments sucked until
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Post by 😎 on May 24, 2022 15:35:02 GMT
Your mistake there was reading the comments
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Post by drhickman1983 on May 24, 2022 15:35:54 GMT
Ultimately the problem is this shit sells. Grifters like Gervais don't really care much about trans or cancel culture beyond it being incredibly easy to get lots of publicity and viewers.
So whilst Gervais is a knob, and Netflix are allowing this stuff to be put out, they're only doing so because it gets so much of a reaction. There's an audience for this shit, and that's the most depressing thing.
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Post by imamazed on May 24, 2022 15:38:51 GMT
Ultimately the problem is this shit sells. Grifters like Gervais don't really care much about trans or cancel culture beyond it being incredibly easy to get lots of publicity and viewers. No I do really think he does care about cancel culture. He's transphobic just to be edgy, but I think he genuinely believes that innocent comedians pushing boundaries are losing their careers because people choose to be offended. It's like his whole thing now.
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Post by drhickman1983 on May 24, 2022 15:40:55 GMT
I'm not 100% sure. But I guess it makes no difference really.
If he is sincere he's a fucking dumb prick then, unable to see the irony in complaining about being cancelled whilst making "comedy" specials.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2022 15:46:22 GMT
Ultimately the problem is this shit sells. Grifters like Gervais don't really care much about trans or cancel culture beyond it being incredibly easy to get lots of publicity and viewers. No I do really think he does care about cancel culture. He's transphobic just to be edgy, but I think he genuinely believes that innocent comedians pushing boundaries are losing their careers because people choose to be offended. It's like his whole thing now. Yeah, it's a big thing in the comedic community. Cancel culture, not transphobia (specifically...). Seinfeld has spoken about it early on when it first became a thing, and he's probably the least offensive famous comedian there is. But it's the notion of censorship and losing job opportunities that scares them. But not every comedian makes it a point to be like "I AM THE MARTYR WHO WILL COMBAT THIS EVIL THAT IS CANCEL CULTURE"
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Post by minimatt on May 24, 2022 15:48:13 GMT
used to work with someone who went to uni with him. Said he was a dick then. Something about running student union ents like a chubby wee hitler
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