It is just as lost when it comes to TV selections. In what world is The Walking Dead an award nominated show while Breaking Bad is not? Aaron Paul with no nomination? Emmys and Oscars are much more respected awards
I 'get' and like pretty much every type of comedy. I don't think that Gervais is funny at all. He's like that weird guy that your uncle is best friends with from the Applebees bar that shows up randomly at family events, drunk off his ass, alienating everyone around him with crude unfunny jokes. Certainly the low point of the awards show. Not sure how or why he's popping up everywhere in Hollywood these days- maybe he's got some pull due to his producing. Go back to the UK, you wanker.
I agree. I think the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Oh wow! Look how edgy this awards show is! People are offended! Go to the internet and talk about it!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-downey-jr-calls-ricky-72511 Christian Bale: “Thank God for comedians,” he said, adding that he had no problems with Gervais' zingers: “I’m hoping he’s going to keep going further.” The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons: "He started with a bang and went right for the jugular. It was great! I thought he was really funny. It's like he walked up to the edge, and then he jumped right on over and didn't look back. I was scandalized, I tell you. I think he's hilarious and funny and whenever you're funny, you're gonna push some people's buttons. I thought he was hilarious, but I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end, I can tell you that. I was laughing while thinking, 'Oh, God. Not me, never me.'" Al Pacino: "He’s a comic, so he’s going to go for it. He’s letting it go. The only thing he can really get to is his own wit. He has to censor himself. I’m sure he’s planned some of it - [the jokes] really fly. You don’t know what [he's] going to say!" Glee’s Heather Morris: "I thought he was hysterical. He was so dry. He's funny as hell." Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh: "He was hilarious. I thought he was just perfect. If he knocked me, it’s all in good fun. If we take ourselves too seriously, then what are we doing here? He makes us realize that we are all here for reasons that go between skill and luck. Let’s enjoy it." Access Hollywood's Billy Bush: "I thought was Gervais was fearless ... He literally doesn't care. He doesn't give a s---t, and that's the best part
ouch! I've been had. Haven't paid any attention the the Golden Globe Awards for years....until this morning when I've been reading up on Garvais. (who I find pretty funny, and whose GG material was great....from what I've read....after the fact....on the net...due to my newly rekindled interest....that i'm now talking about on the internets)
Gervais is basically an open-mic comedian who has been extremely lucky. I've heard the God/athiest joke a thousand times and the Bruce Willis jab was in really bad taste. Matt Damon's intro of DeNiro was the funniest string of jokes all night.
Gervais is a comedic genius. I loved him last night. The funniest ones were the ones about the scientologists pretending to be straight, then adding "don't worry, they aren't here." Also the introduction of Tom Hanks, and Tim Allen. Another highlight which was almost Marx Brothers level and style of funny was his joke about the President of the foreign press association. He was irreverent, and didn't pull punches. Some of them were slightly over the line in the mean spirited department, but barely, and most of them weren't. It was great to see someone not taking it all so seriously. Hollywood needs more of that. Ricky Gervais is one of the smartest writers and comics out there. The Extras program the BBC was absolutely brilliant. I especially enjoyed the one with David Bowie. From the The Extras series you could tell he has a problem with people selling out. If he went overboard with anything tonight it was maybe too conciously showing that he didn't want to be a sell out. He wasn't. Hell the guy came up with the Office, Extras, and numerous other hit series. His writing is just brilliant, and he was extremely funny at the awards show. I'm sorry if Bruce Willis felt insulted by his intro. I agree with Christian Bale and the other stars that applauded it and wanted more of it.
Agreed! I watched that movie where they go to hawaii for a honeymoon just because her. Can't remember anything else about the film. A little bit of milla is all i need...
Absolutely. It's really odd the difference between comedy in New York and Hollywood. In NY it's kind of normal almost expected to take shots at the celebrity establishment. In Los Angeles people seem afraid to do that. I remember when UCB opened in LA and they were doing their typical NY thing making jokes about celebrities and the audience was afraid to laugh. They'd made jokes about Fran Drescher and she was apparently in the audience or her agent or manager was or something. Anyway it was funny because the performers on stage were feeling the vibe, and even voicing the difference. They were talking about how they could see the difference. And it turns out that so many people wanting into the business are afraid of making enemies, and part of the culture is not to get to make too many jokes at "powerful" people's expense. The UCB theatre is also right across the street from the Celebrity Scientology center. Anyway it's just interesting to note how "shocking" it was to some people at the awards show last night.
The Golden Globes are a damn farce anyway. Everybody is acting way too glamorous, way too classy and high society. Most of them were in the bathroom on their hands and knees trying to pick up the cocaine rock they dropped on the floor. Gervais has the snooty English accent going for him too. Simon Cowell proved Americans can't stand being humiliated by a non-American accent. Which is why every contest show now features at least one non-American accent judge who rips people to shreds. Americans have a way of being "too nice" to people face to face. On the internet, or when backs are turned, we are just as vicious as Simon Cowell or Ricky Gervais, but we don't want to be labeled "crass" or "rude" for some reason, like we're too scared so we tiptoe around the truth. Kudos to people like Ricky Gervais who can tell it like it is and not give a ****
To each his own. Funny can be victimless. Steve Martin always seems to find a way to mix in a light-hearted roast with genuine comedy. "I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden." Genius. Unless you're foreign and famous you can't get away with that Gervais crap, black comedians are routinely vilified fot their racial observations on cable TV and yet a Brit is celebrated for doing, among other things, dick jokes and toilet humor on NBC. He is a brilliant writer/producer and I would cut off my left nut to be him, but unlike him I wouldn't talk about it on the Globes. More this: 'There were a lot of big films that didn't get nominated this year. Nothing for Sex and the City 2. No, I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza.' Less this: 'I helped him off the toilet and popped his teeth in' MHO
I guess we disagree about Gervais, but I do agree with you that comedy doesn't have to have a victim to be funny. I just feel some people are ripe for being poked fun at. I thought the line about helping the President of the Foreign Press off the toilet and popping in his teeth was funny because it was the President of the Foreign Press association. Gervais aimed up with that joke, not down or even level. As I mentioned it was like the Marx Brothers. When Groucho makes inappropriate comments to Margaret Dumont, or some other overly stuffy higher up, it's funny. The joke about helping him off the toilet and putting in his teeth in seemed like that type of humor to me, and while I laughed last night, it was only today that in analyzing it I find it even more funny. I do agree that humor doesn't have to lash out at people or poke fun of people to make it funny. I also agree that it worked differently because Gervais is from Britain. But I don't think that makes it unfunny, rather just playing to the niche that he fills. And when people are full of themselves I enjoy seeing them get it a little by someone with some real wit.
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Willis upset? Over the Kutcher joke? I think that's something Willis would joke about himself. He's always joking around on late night shows and being a fool. Any guy that can hang out with his ex-wife and her new boytoy on a consistent basis can take just about any joke you can throw at him. Really Gervais handpicked the people he made fun of. They all know how to take a joke, most hand them out themselves. I thought DeNiro's "so are the waiters" remark got a worse reaction than anything Gervais said.
I only have one criticism of Gervais. Overkill. He can be a subtle as a jackhammer. He needs to mix it up just a bit more and he'll be fine, but constantly taking the piss out of people will get annoying. Throw some non offensive jokes or make fun of really bad movies and then when the audience is lulled into a false sense of security....BAM!!!!....hit them in the gut. I'm a big fan of Gervais specifically Extras. That show was beyond genius. one of my favorite scenes: <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBbAWwSQC8E?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBbAWwSQC8E?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
