Jimmy Carr

[BobKowalski]

There's something weird about Ricky Gervais writing all these genuinely down to earth and very humanising sitcoms and then going on stage and being as nasty as possible.

As a matter of zero interest to anyone, I can‘t stand Ricky Gervais, or watch anything he has been involved in.

Yet I like Jimmy Carr.

Personal taste is a mind fuck.

 

[youngbob]

There's something weird about Ricky Gervais writing all these genuinely down to earth and very humanising sitcoms and then going on stage and being as nasty as possible.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Would be quite interesting to see how Carr's biggest defenders in this thread reacted in that thread. I don't remember many people arguing that nothing should be off limits in comedy, or how you needed all the context or how, if you take it apart and really look at it from all angles he's actually reflecting your racism back at you to make you self-examine your own prejudices.

Do you really think Davies' rant was a pre-written, carefully thought through comedy piece?

 

[domalino]

When did he do that? In print on on stage?

Both. His current stand up has a massive routine about comedians "saying the unsayable".

 

[domalino]

Do you really think Davies' rant was a pre-written, carefully thought through comedy piece?

Is being pre-written now a pre-requisite for something being a joke? That's new.

 

[mccity]

Do you really think Davies' rant was a pre-written, carefully thought through comedy piece?

If it had been, do you think the reaction on here would have been significantly different?

 

[Lee1983]

It’s been a busy week for cancel culture, I’m knackered trying to keep up.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Maybe I have interpreted the joke differently to others but I actually thought the purpose of it was calling out prejudice against the traveller community rather than encouraging it.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Both. His current stand up has a massive routine about comedians "saying the unsayable".

A routine? As in a comedy routine? Which you have taken as his real opinion? I see now where the misunderstanding has occurred.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

If it had been, do you think the reaction on here would have been significantly different?

If it was clearly a joke and framed as such, then yes, of course the reaction would have been different from most people.