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Um... I don't get it. Perhaps there's some amount of cultural allusion going on in the linked article which I don't understand (despite my watching a lot more BBC content than all US content creators combined). Mostly it just seems like it's all a bit thin.
posted by hippybear at 3:27 PM on November 13, 2011
posted by hippybear at 3:27 PM on November 13, 2011
I wish Lee would do more things with Herring. They need each other - I think Lee, especially, gets far too prickly without Herring's soothing influence.
posted by subbes at 3:33 PM on November 13, 2011
posted by subbes at 3:33 PM on November 13, 2011
(But what do I know? I'm just a stranger on an internet forum.)
posted by subbes at 3:33 PM on November 13, 2011
posted by subbes at 3:33 PM on November 13, 2011
I think Stewart Lee, who I don't mind, is perhaps just a little tired of Gervais' ubiquitousness. Gervais' high opinion of himself was once just a comedic character he used to play, but now it appears that he really does truly believe he is changing the world somehow.
posted by tumid dahlia at 3:34 PM on November 13, 2011
posted by tumid dahlia at 3:34 PM on November 13, 2011
Well, that was incoherent and fatuous. If anyone's skimming the thread to figure out whether the article's worth reading: brand thinks there are some things you shouldn't make fun of, and that Ricky Gervais is a dick for making and/or hinting he was making or planning to make a comedy in which he plays a mentally disabled man.
His larger point --- bravery is not the same as cruelty, and yes, one can draw such distinctions fairly easily --- is one I agree with. I would have preferred to see it expressed in non-gawdawful prose, however.
posted by Diablevert at 3:35 PM on November 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
His larger point --- bravery is not the same as cruelty, and yes, one can draw such distinctions fairly easily --- is one I agree with. I would have preferred to see it expressed in non-gawdawful prose, however.
posted by Diablevert at 3:35 PM on November 13, 2011 [2 favorites]
OK, I am done with threadshitters and trolls and quite probably FPPs in general - I;ve requested the mods delet this post. Bye!
posted by Artw at 3:37 PM on November 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Artw at 3:37 PM on November 13, 2011 [3 favorites]
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Is this how lesser-known comics will be running the own backlash against Gervais? I thought, somehow, that Lee would be someone who could rise above that.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:23 PM on November 13, 2011