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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

My honest thoughts on Chappelle and Gervais' specials... I think Chappelle has a lot to say in his and he does it well. I generally find that people take him too much at face value and miss the larger commentary being made. I don't agree with it word for word but I think it's a great piece of work.

Gervais' special I found lazy and low-hanging fruit. I don't think I admitted that at the time, maybe even to myself. Tribalism eh!

He has previous standup shows that are near-perfect which makes it especially glaring. It felt like an easy paycheque.

The thing about Gervais special was the stuff he was saying was all things that TRA's on Social Media say, the "HER PENIS" stuff etc.

I like Ricky Gervais and find him funny, not every one of his jokes, some are too far (for me) but surely that's always going to be the case with comedy, we all have the power to switch it off if we're not enjoying it anymore