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Cue outrage: Gervais' new Netflix special just dropped.

357 replies

mirax · 24/05/2022 10:44

Supernature is taking absolutely, absolutely no prisoners. I am 7 minutes in with a mojito in hand.

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Mandodari · 24/05/2022 15:36

@Waitwhat23
I saw him do a routine about the fact that his jumper was mustard in colour. It was as funny as it sounds.

Waitwhat23 · 24/05/2022 15:34

rabbitwoman · 24/05/2022 15:28

No, of course not, that is the whole fucking POINT!!!!

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Waitwhat23 · 24/05/2022 15:29

Used to find James Acaster occasionally vaguely funny but went right off after he was on Taskmaster. I presume he was deliberately doing a sort of prick persona but it came across as ridiculously patronising and rude and far too jarring over multiple episodes. My husband particularly disliked how rude he was to Alex Horne - there was never a please or a thank you out of him.

rabbitwoman · 24/05/2022 15:28

MsEverywhere · 24/05/2022 15:23

So you think ' She was raped with her penis' is a reasonable sentence?

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No, of course not, that is the whole fucking POINT!!!!

beastlyslumber · 24/05/2022 15:28

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

No, it's not.

MsEverywhere · 24/05/2022 15:23

OpFields · 24/05/2022 15:10

In the future young people will look back on that clip of Gervais like our generation look at Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning.

So you think ' She was raped with her penis' is a reasonable sentence?

again2020 · 24/05/2022 15:22

Huge Gervais fan here- 20 years and counting. Thanks for the heads up! Will watch this tonight with a G&T when partner and DD are asleep :)

I like James Acaster too, but I went to see him live one evening and he ranted on and on for over 3 hours so I've gone off him 😂

MsEverywhere · 24/05/2022 15:21

StarDolphins · 24/05/2022 11:36

I LOVE RIcky Gervais, I am never, ever offended by anything he says, or by any other person that I find funny.

if I could marry Ricky, I would, for many reasons💙

Me too!

VWCV · 24/05/2022 15:20

CatherinaJTV · 24/05/2022 12:40

he's been sh*t for a while - all he's got left is being "crass". He used to be cleverer than that.

I saw this live. It was hilarious.

He's not shit.

Mandodari · 24/05/2022 15:19

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

Said no one ever.

GrinAndVomit · 24/05/2022 15:18

GrinAndVomit · 24/05/2022 15:17

Only if this future involves all the “old, boring women” shutting up and capitulating and all the younger, clueless women never waking up to misogyny.

Sorry, this was to OpFields.
My quote reply function seems to be glitching.

GrinAndVomit · 24/05/2022 15:17

Only if this future involves all the “old, boring women” shutting up and capitulating and all the younger, clueless women never waking up to misogyny.

WouldBeGood · 24/05/2022 15:17

I’m so happy to see this and am an RG convert

Abhannmor · 24/05/2022 15:17

Never warmed to Ricky tbh. But he is just the right bloke for this fight. Way too big to cancel and couldn't care less.

Signalbox · 24/05/2022 15:15

OpFields · 24/05/2022 15:10

In the future young people will look back on that clip of Gervais like our generation look at Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning.

Yeah right. In your authoritarian nightmare.

teawamutu · 24/05/2022 15:12

OpFields · 24/05/2022 15:10

In the future young people will look back on that clip of Gervais like our generation look at Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning.

And they will revere James Acaster as a comedic god.

Bring on Gilead, I say.

😂

OpFields · 24/05/2022 15:10

In the future young people will look back on that clip of Gervais like our generation look at Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning.

RufusthefIoraImissingreindeer · 24/05/2022 15:10

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

Not as good as the Gervais one...acaster seemed a bit yelly

Is that his 'thing'?

Signalbox · 24/05/2022 15:05

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

Is this supposed to be a joke though? Seems like more of a rant than a joke.

Somanysocks · 24/05/2022 15:03

Thanks @Chooing

heathspeedwell · 24/05/2022 15:02

Just watched it, there were moments of sheer genius. It's great that he's helping to create an environment where it's more mainstream to question why people with a penis feel entitled to enter women's spaces.

Also he's donated 427k of the profits to animal charities.

GrinAndVomit · 24/05/2022 14:55

A yes, a man bemoaning the fact other (far more successful) men are shining a comedic light on males appropriating female safe spaces.

Hilarious

BootsAndRoots · 24/05/2022 14:50

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

It's good if you think that comedians who joke about people pretending to be trans to get into single-sex spaces is transphobic.

teawamutu · 24/05/2022 14:46

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share

Playing to his particular crowd no less than RG does, tbh.

Full disclosure, I thought he was unfunny before realising he'd said anything on this subject.

Chooing · 24/05/2022 14:37

This James Acaster clip is good

https://youtube.com/shorts/2eN5P0aY1UI?feature=share