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Ricky Gervais created two of TV’s greatest comedies. But his standup is slipping
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You will not find in this reviewer a Ricky Gervais hater.
The man created two of the all-time greatest TV comedies in The Office and Extras, and another very good – albeit tending to the syrupy – one in Afterlife. His early standup specials, too, displayed a great and almost unexpected talent. His last few one-man shows, though, have displayed diminishing returns, as Gervais, comfortable with his millions and his status, has cycled through the same moves repeatedly: lectures on freedom of speech, explainers on atheism, and gleeful rehashes of how many people complain about what he says. Being funny hadn’t been removed from his repertoire, but it did seem to have slipped a few rungs down his ladder of priorities.
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Ricky Gervais created two of TV’s greatest comedies. But his standup is slipping
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.
You will not find in this reviewer a Ricky Gervais hater.
The man created two of the all-time greatest TV comedies in The Office and Extras, and another very good – albeit tending to the syrupy – one in Afterlife. His early standup specials, too, displayed a great and almost unexpected talent. His last few one-man shows, though, have displayed diminishing returns, as Gervais, comfortable with his millions and his status, has cycled through the same moves repeatedly: lectures on freedom of speech, explainers on atheism, and gleeful rehashes of how many people complain about what he says. Being funny hadn’t been removed from his repertoire, but it did seem to have slipped a few rungs down his ladder of priorities.
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