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Personally found it pretty disappointing, I've really liked his early stand ups but found this one so weak.
Not sure whether it was because an early show and hasn't put it all together properly as yet - but it felt so poorly crafted and just generally really weak.
Felt like premise of show was to talk a bit about being woke, try and make a really obvious joke about something where you could see punchline a mile off, or just say something of shock jock type to say - and then the attempt to knit it together at the end was just to say "Free speech is being able to make offensive jokes, and laughing at them doesn't make you a bad person" like most people would agree with anyway but as though it was some massive epiphany
Some of the jokes were clever, and felt like this could be going somewhere good - but then too often ended up with a joke that wouldn't be out of place at a Jim Davidson show but pretending it was edgy rather than just lazy and easy
A real shame, used to be such a big fan but feel each show he's done has got progressively worse since The Office to After Life.....but his stand up had got better from his first up until that last one which was a bit weak.....but then that was most streamed show on Netflix, and like After Life it's total creative control for him and people watch it in their droves so can see why it works for him. I'll watch it on Netflix, but mostly to see if it has improved and if he has managed to craft it better as a narrative
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 14:46 - Nov 16 by itfcjoe
I think the problem was there was some decent bits in it, like the guitar joke bit in previous shows, but nothing developed into anything genuinely funny opposed to just going for the cheap easy gag at the end of it
I'll see what you think tomorrow, obviously I laughed at a load of it - but generally come out of really good comedy shows where my cheeks are aching from laughing so much, or I come away thinking how brilliantly they knitted some really clever and funny stuff together to make me think about things but was neither for me last night
Flanagan left me in that state, laughing from the venue back to the hotel, he was incredible
He's a clever bloke and I find his discussions around religion very interesting, his best stuff along with The Office. His stand up, especially the "oh I only punch down, I'm not making fun of who you think I am" has got very lazy recently though and comes over as very cynical to me as he's clearly appealing to the lowest common denominater with a lot of it.
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Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 11:10 - Nov 16 by JakeITFC
I’ve been to see him each of his previous times in Ipswich but I watched five minutes of his latest one on Netflix and couldn’t stand it. He’s fallen into the trap of thinking that rabbiting on about being woke and people being offended is a good routine but it’s just really not funny at all, aside from making him look like a twaat.
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 14:13 - Nov 16 by TRUE_BLUE123
I loved the Office, Extras was good as well.
But his stand up and Afterlife is genuinely appalling. All of his jokes are the same. There are only so many times you can say you aren't religious before it becomes boring.
His jokes were funniest on XFM way back. Regurgitated way too many times now.
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 17:50 - Nov 16 by unbelievablue
His jokes were funniest on XFM way back. Regurgitated way too many times now.
Those XFM shows were ***king brilliant, I remember burning them all onto CD and playing them at work. The chemistry between Ricky, Karl and Steve on those were brilliant
This a pretty decent tune in a poor man's Simple Minds kind of way, acceptable for the 80s
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 06:07 - Nov 17 by textbackup
that’s your opinion, fair play
But it’s not fair play, is it? Or an opinion because that’s historically how the majority has acted even over simple stuff like gay marriage until very recently.
Re: transphobia, the UK has been singled out for its pretty much world-leading trans hate. Putting us in the same category as Russia, Hungary and Poland when it comes to LGBT rights as a whole.
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 08:41 - Nov 17 by TRUE_BLUE123
Agreed.
I've never really understood his obsession tbh. Seems like he did one joke, got a laugh and now he doesn't have any other material. unnecessary imo
There was barely anything in the show about it, a couple of throwaway lines for an easy laugh.
EDIT - And I think there were some good bits touched on, like people who are straight, who have always been straight, who have never had a relationship with the same sex who now use the term 'queer' to describe themselves despite being in a straight section relationship.
What's so difficult about being Straight, Gay or Bi? Similar to gender fluidity - pick a side and get on with life
Ricky Gervais at Regent -**SPOILERS FOR THOSE GOING TONIGHT** on 09:15 - Nov 17 by itfcjoe
There was barely anything in the show about it, a couple of throwaway lines for an easy laugh.
EDIT - And I think there were some good bits touched on, like people who are straight, who have always been straight, who have never had a relationship with the same sex who now use the term 'queer' to describe themselves despite being in a straight section relationship.
What's so difficult about being Straight, Gay or Bi? Similar to gender fluidity - pick a side and get on with life
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At the same time, why should you or anyone else care how people want to label themselves?
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