I enjoy some of his work, but the guy himself is always just being an asshole to somebody, and not in like a fun Blackadder way. It’s just mean and unpleasant.
I remember watching a scene by scene comparison between the UK and US versions of the Office.
The US version felt a lot more lighthearted, like everyone was having a bit of a laugh, but it was all in good fun. The UK version was almost painful to watch, it really felt like watching workplace bullying.
And Gervais was a big part of that, every scene he was in just wasn’t funny to watch.
what did he do? (i actually don’t know)
Mostly that he’s a transphobe, he’s also one of those tedious “free speech absolutists”, and I’ve personally always just found him annoying
oh alright, thxx
He’s also just not funny, which is a problem for a comedian.
He’s so unfunny he just sucks the humour out of any scene he’s in.
I enjoy some of his work, but the guy himself is always just being an asshole to somebody, and not in like a fun Blackadder way. It’s just mean and unpleasant.
I remember watching a scene by scene comparison between the UK and US versions of the Office.
The US version felt a lot more lighthearted, like everyone was having a bit of a laugh, but it was all in good fun. The UK version was almost painful to watch, it really felt like watching workplace bullying.
And Gervais was a big part of that, every scene he was in just wasn’t funny to watch.
If you want to torture yourself, go watch their 2022 special “SuperNature”. Here’s the trailer where they explain to the audience when to laugh.
Or if you want to jump straight to the ''important'' part.
Search for this on youtube:
"If I was Born as Trans" (SuperNature)