Viewers Demand Netflix Remove Offensive Ricky Gervais From Platform

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Dark humor is like a child with cancer. It doesn’t get old.

I still don’t know (and apparently don’t care) what “ableist” means.

Here’s a solution to your problem. Don’t fucking watch him.

Although you will miss After Life which is a spectacular show.

*Runs to add this to Netflix watch list*

He's a fat unfunny cunt.

Next.

Exactly, R4. Thanks, dumb fuck SJWs for alerting me to this special I was not even aware of. Now I'm gonna watch the fuck out of it.

He was the best thing in Cats.

And he sucked the paint right off the walls.

Normally I’d say 5,000 signatures? This is a non-story. But Netflix has been struggling for awhile and are probably terrified of losing customers.

you think the people who signed actually PAY for Netflix???

What is so hard about the concept of "if you don't like it, don't watch it?"

We can't have adult warped jokes anymore. Let's start telling knock knock jokes.

But what about the people who don’t have hands r11???? 😩😩😩

Humor is over.

boomer cringe - if he had any sense he'd be self-produced and putting all of his stuff out on direct to audience platforms. if you have to go to netflix now it just means you either don't have an audience or you have no idea how anything has worked for the last five years in media.

Which direct to audience platforms?

R14 needs an MRI on his brain.

[quote]I still don’t know (and apparently don’t care) what “ableist” means.

Offensive to retards.

I'm going to just turn on the special, then go about my business, so he gets the views just to spite the stupid of such protests.

R14, or it means he's got a sweet production deal in place already. Duh.

Netflix doesn't care. They've been doing better than ever this year, since they stopped the password sharing. They are smoking the competition, and have the lowest cancellation rates in the industry.

[quote]if you have to go to netflix now it just means you either don't have an audience or you have no idea how anything has worked for the last five years in media.

Getting a comedy special on Netflix is EXTREMELY lucrative. For many younger comedians, it's the symbol of having arrived in the big time.

I think there's someone who has no idea how things have worked during the past five years....

R21 five years ago yeah, now comedians will make fun of you

r15 i don't despise anybody, patreon and momenthouse, whitney cummings is putting her specials out on onlyfans. being facetious like in this way doesn't come off well in the online retiring home i forgot. of course getting a netflix special is a good thing, but it doesn't mean what it meant five years ago especially in comedy. most comedians are making their money from their podcast/patreon/gumroad/etc. these days. the popular ones are making up to 200k a month this way.

Here's the thing is that if people like him didn't say these things then these organizations wouldn't have the opportunity to b**** about it and solicit money so really they don't care that he said it because it gives them a huge opportunity to have a platform they would otherwise have. Because let's face it but for stuff like this we don't really care about the little retards.

fascinating that almost all of the comments are defending him when he thought this was funny -

[quote]he refers to children with cancer “baldies,” and continues to taunt them: “Why didn’t you wish to get better? What, are you f***ing r*****ed as well?”

Sorry but I don't really get it. So sue me.

That is to say would not have. It's kind of like where sometimes I'll see a go fund me blow up solely because somebody made fun of or some terrible comments in reply to it and people throw their money at it. Like sometimes I feel like making fun of them under a fake account just because I know it will illicit a reaction in people to give where they probably wouldn't have before.

R24 no one really cares if you get it or not and no one says you have to find it funny. But just because it's not a brand of humor you enjoy doesn't mean that everybody who does needs to be scolded about it or that the performer should be castigated for saying it.

Another thing I don't have Netflix and I don't follow Ricky gervas and I had no idea he had any special or the internet he said anything about little retards so I wouldn't have given them a second thought just like pretty much anybody else who's not directly involved or affected by them. I'm certain like quite a few people are going to give money to them solely based on this outrage and I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix or some other corporation make some sort of large donation as a sort of me a mea culpa.

This is disturbing. I've only seen him in For Your Consideration and when he hosted some awards show and I really liked his humor both times, and I've seen a few of his tweets and he seems like a sweet person...but I guess he really isn't. I find his remarks absolutely abhorrent, and there's no context in which I wouldn't. He's free to think and say whatever he wants, of course, but...wow. Netflix should hang its head in shame.

I suspect most folks complaining (like R28) haven't actually watched his show to see if he was indeed being "abhorrent." Typical Internet outrage trolling.

I'm not outraged, R29. I heard about this in seeing this thread a couple of minutes ago. Just expressing what I think about his remarks.

I'm assuming a lot of you who find are critics of RG are probably the same people who shriek about books being banned/burned.

Just don't watch him then. Pretend his existence away. Chances are, people who signed this petition are very good at pretending away reality so just shift focus a little.

r26, I’m with you on your first sentence.

You commit the same mistake as his critics with the rest of your paragraph.

Gervais has every right to say what he wishes to say. He, you and I don’t get to regulate if and how others right on react to what he says.

It’ll never cease to marvel at this notion that freedom of expression is a one way street. It isn’t.

Ablest slurs?

Oops, “ableist”-

Oops, He, you and I don’t get to regulate if and how others react to what he says.

I’ll never cease to marvel..

That happens with comedians, they run out of jokes, and then keep doing edgier things until lines get crossed. Like that show jackass where they got to the level of attempting homicide

[quote]he refers to children with cancer “baldies,” and continues to taunt them: “Why didn’t you wish to get better? What, are you f***ing r*****ed as well?”

That's fucking funny. Like those grifting Shriners midgets.

I assumed it was a reference to the Make-A-Wish organization.

I would hope not one of the precious souls who signed that petition is a DL reg! Why, they would be constantly shaking and crying while they scrolled and clicked on various threads, looking for new issues to be offended over.

I hope Ricky Gervais offends the caca out of these SJWs.

If you do not care for his humor, here's a oft-repeated suggestion...DON'T WATCH THE SHOW!

Bunch of humorless sows and pigs!

If you watched After Life then you know Gervais is an exceptionally sensitive person.

What the fuck does "ableist" even mean?

Rush Limbaugh walked so Howard Stern could run...so Ricky Gervais could soar.

Ricky was just nominated for a Golden Globe for the special in question.

Gervais is hilarious and has been more right than wrong these days. Overwhelmingly so. This just provides more fodder for his comedy.

Ableist, my ass.

And let me pull out this old chestnut, by way of a PS.

Just because you're offended - say it with me - doesn't mean he's wrong. Or unfunny.

I haven’t trusted him since he fixed the fang.

I really enjoyed Life is Short as well, which I believe he produced. It centered around the dwarf Warwick Davis, star of the 80s movie Willow, and his life as an actor in LA. Very funny show. I will always remember what he says the goal for any actor should be, "Never give up pursuing your dreams and die before you realize you never made it."

I currently have cancer, and will probably die from it in the next 3-5 years. (My stuff is already spoken for you cunt vultures.) I thought his joke was amusing and wasn't the least bit offended by it. And I think most people would find that people with cancer have a decent sense of humor about it. How could we not? What's the alternative? It doesn't mean we aren't scared shitless every day, but we can't let that fear take over or we're already dead. So if someone wants to make a silly joke about it, I'm there. Hell, I do it all the time about myself.

So, on behalf of people with cancer, I'd like to tell those of you *without* cancer who are taking it upon themselves to be offended for us- Fuck off. We don't need your fake, sanctimonious bullshit.

Thoughts and prayers, r51.

R51 Hope you shunt off soon then, you total waste of space. Hehehe.

Here's a radical thought:

Instead of half- or mis-reporting what he says, why don't people actually watch the clip in question before spouting off?

This thread was started for the sole purpose of the OP wanting to promote this "boycott", knowing that it would help the topic show in Google results.

I just set a reminder on Netflix to remind me when it's available.

Fuck the SJW cancel culturists...

I just set a reminder for when this comes out.

Thanks protesters!

R54...that's it?

Good God! He declares he's playing a role and telling jokes.

Bunch of humorless prats calling for a boycott

[quote] Here's the thing is that if people like him didn't say these things then these organizations wouldn't have the opportunity to b**** about

B*****? Really, Mary?

[quote] Rush Limbaugh walked so Howard Stern could run...so Ricky Gervais could soar.

Howard was first.

Context is everything.

Classic Gervais. He purposely shocks with an inappropriate joke, all while making an excellent larger point about tolerance and humor. It's amazing how many people are too dense to realize this.

[quote]Context is everything.

NO IT ISN'T! YES OR NO?

I love Gervais. I know that he can be harsh for some.

He’s heterosexual, but like me, he’s a childfree atheist and I love him for it.

You remember years ago when the "Tender to the Touch" and the fibromialgia woman was a running joke on Datalounge? Who would have ever known that is what America would become.

I couldn't stand this guy even before this.

[quote]Who would have ever known that is what America would become.

Yes, sensitivity/indignation toward someone hoping to make thousands of people laugh at jokes mocking terminally ill children is a worrisome societal trend.

are you serious R67? Do you suffer from Dry Asshole?

[quote] being facetious like in this way doesn't come off well in the online retiring home i forgot.

?

Or, those outraged viewers could just, you know, choose not to watch it. Where are all the sensible adults?

He SHOULD be removed from Netflix because he's NOT funny.

R71 thinks Shecky Greene is a riot!

Stupid people like him because, in their minds, that makes them look sophisticated and smart.

R73 - Oh honey, you just don't have it in you to be elitist.

R72: I love BOTH Ricky Gervais and Shecky Greene. Sue me.

Humour that punches is dying, so enjoy it while you can, cunts!

[quote] "OH BOY FREE ADVERTISING! "- any moderately controversial comedian every 4 months when Netflix releases their special

As someone who doesn't care about stand-up comedy the only time I ever hear about these 90 minutes of apparently hate filled rants is when they get protested. I'd not have even been aware Chris Rock, Chapell, whoever that anti-woke guy the other month was, and now Gervais even had shows out if not for them.

This thread is making me feel unsafe

Gervais has already posed bloodied upon a crucifix for some magazine some years ago. It’s fucking retarded for Netflix or the viewers to expect him to be different than what he’s professed to be. It’s not like he’s only just found a profane comedic voice.

Being mean for $port is great!

I’ve never, ever found him to be clever or humorous.

His shtick is being outrageous. I had no idea there is actually a website called "Does the Dog Die?" Hysterical. As mentioned upthread, you don't like him or his humor, don't watch. How much simpler can it be than that?

I think people are uncomfortable with their subscription money funding him.

Wow. I don’t find that funny. Guess what? I’m not going to watch. Easy.

R83 I don’t like everything that’s offered on Netflix. Don’t watch or unsubscribe.

It’s clear enough to me r83. Whenever I see his name attached to anything, I avoid it. I’m surprised I’m even replying to this thread.

There's a difference between disinterest and not wanting to financially support something.

He nails the "queer" shit, I love it.

Brilliant r88. I know he is harsh but he’s not wrong about this…

I finally wathced this last night. Every time I watch RG, I'm always thinking, "This may be the one where I begin tuning him out." However, he never disappoints. Does he make me feel a bit uncomforable, yes! But does he offend me, no! He speaks the truth.

^^Oh, dearing myself.

WATCHED not WATHCED

[quote] What's the alternative? It doesn't mean we aren't scared shitless every day, but we can't let that fear take over or we're already dead.

I love this and it's also a great demonstration of why the hardcore part of the SJW movement is so clueless. They assume the people they "defend" are as humorless and miserable as they are. In reality, most people do NOT want to live life by dissecting everything to pieces.

I watched it. Complaining about "woke" this and "woke" that made me roll my eyes and wasn't funny, but then he did an extended bit about ped0s which was truly edgy, outrageous, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. A mixed bag.

Maybe so, but there is some value in advocating for the culture of humor to move from laughing at people to laughing with them.

I think he's mostly an unfunny knobhead, but I don't want to see his content pulled. As it's on Netflix you can't even accidentally come across it; you have to choose to press play...

R72 and R75:

The UK Office and Extras were both very, very funny. I don't care what he says in his special-- I will always love him for those two shows.

[quote] As it's on Netflix you can't even accidentally come across it

Even if it was on regular television it shouldn’t be pulled. This censorship crap is dangerous. People need to stop being such babies.

[quote] Maybe so, but there is some value in advocating for the culture of humor to move from laughing at people to laughing with them.

Theyre not advocating, they’re censoring. They’re fascist pricks.

I've always liked him. One of my favorite comedic movies is Ghost Town. Genuinely funny. I watch it every couple of years.

i haven't watched this Netflix special though; i just wanted to weigh in and say he can be offensive to some people, and those people should just maybe NOT WATCH his shows, if that's the case. Unless what he's saying is truly harmful and causes real, physical injury to someone, just turn the channel and find other, more worthwhile causes to take up/protest about.

I have a funny feeling that many of the "ban this show, Netflix" screechers are the same ones who get all social justice warrior-y when it comes to banning/burning books and how that is censorship and curbing freedom of expression, etc.. A touch of hypocrisy hurts everyone.

His last special was kind of dull and flat, honestly, but none of that changes the fact that this whole banning comedians for offending morons is a terrible road to go down. Morons should take mockery as a chance to grow and flourish as less moronic people instead of getting all pissy about shit.

More outrage to come:

r103 ruh-roh, gurrrl you better hide.

Adding to my Netflix queue.

I watched this special - it was hilarious. When people bitched and made petitions for the last one, it ended up being the most watched special in netflix history. So bitch away, babies.

Remember when the trans activists were up in arms over Gervais mocking them? Did they really expect to be spared by a comic who makes jokes about pedophilia, cancer kids and elderly rape victims with Alzheimer’s?

I think jokes about children in peril of any kind are in very poor taste.

Lowest of the low.

The ironic thing with all these boycotts and calls to pull certain people off platforms is that it just makes them bigger and more notorious. You're just feeding them free press.

[quote]The ironic thing with all these boycotts and calls to pull certain people off platforms is that it just makes them bigger and more notorious. You're just feeding them free press.

bump

So don't watch him! That's how I felt about Andrew Dice Clay -- didn't watch him, didn't give him any $$ or attention.

These kids are stupid.

I watched Armageddon last week and laughed my ass off. I haven't laughed so hard all year, and I needed to.

The jokes need to be seen in context. And FWIW, at the end of the hour, he addresses why he chooses these targets: Sometimes we have to laugh about the horrors of life, otherwise they can be too much to bear.

R98 That's true. Though I wonder how many people have actually called for his show to be censored. I think a lot of media read social media and think complaints mean "ban it!" When a lot of the time people just like having a moan.

I watched it. It's most not laugh out loud funny. Just taking the piss of woke culture, which is low-hanging fruit. Also using the technique of SHOCK and being DEPLORABLE. It's OK and he gets in a few germane observations and critiques.

He shouldn’t be removed for the same reasons books shouldn’t be banned. It should be left up to personal choice. Don’t like Ricky Gervais? Don’t watch him.

[quote] Viewers Demand Netflix Remove Offensive Ricky Gervais From Platform

Those ableist protestors don't have a leg to stand on

R20 demonstrates that some retards don't have cancer.

Yet,

Should have been “Viewers DEMAND . . “

Not emphasizing their passion is literal violence!!

Going out on a limb here, but maybe kids with cancer like being treated normal, which includes being the butt of jokes like anyone else, instead of being treated with pity and sorrow in a patronizing manner.

R119 is right. My brother had cystic fibrosis and the last thing he wanted to be known as was the sick kid.

Chappelle made a great analogy too

That was a great analogy - and setup - by Dave Chapelle.

1. He shouldn't be censored or cancelled.

2. He's not really funny. Occasionally a funny line, but mostly weak jokes.

3. Every routine now has several references about how incredibly rich he is. Ricky, if you have real money you don't make up stories about how rich you are.

He's not making up stories about being rich R123.

He actually set a Guinness World Record for the highest gross for a stand-up performance ever: $1.79 million for a single performance at the Hollywood Bowl in May 2023.

Sounds like "real money" to me.

It's still incredibly gauche to talk about. But good for him, he speaks truths.

Ok I know what I'm watching tonight

I was more offended that he wasn’t funny at all. Maybe I just don’t get British dry humor. It was a snoozer.

Nobody cares what a bunch of lefty cunts think hahahahahahahahaha TRUMP 2024 2028

R124 To point is talking about it the way he does is just double-wide trailer trash stupidity.

R128 = Picks his nose and eats the boogers.

Ricky Gervais is an unfunny troll generally speaking but After Life was excellent.

Comedians whining about being “cancelled” are full of shit. It’s free PR for them. They love bitching about how everyone is too sensitive and nobody understands their particular brand of incredible insight and watch their special available now on Patreon. It’s money in the bank for them to use that buzzword. They actually love saying they’re cancelled when in reality, nobody gives a shit.

Well talking about kids with cancer as being baldies doesn't sound the least bit funny or even clever. I do though often find him funny.

But it does remind me of when years ago I read doctors called children burn victims crispy critters. Very sick humor but kind of clever. So horrific it puts up a wall so you can deal with it as professionally as possible without emotion.

As Dr. Cox said on Scrubs, "we don't make gallow's jokes because it's funny, we do it to deal with horrible situations....and because it's funny."

[quote]Well talking about kids with cancer as being baldies doesn't sound the least bit funny or even clever.

It wasn’t a joke as much as him being affectionate towards them with a little ribbing and not being patronizing; it was all in his delivery.

Kids in the Hall did a cancer boy skit too and it was great.

Gervais’s bit on cultural appropriation is hilarious.

Dave Chappelle is "endangering the lives of marginalized people for his amusement."

Watched Dave Chappelle's latest last night. I wasn't offended, I just didn't find him funny at all. Which is a shame, he used to be hilarious! Now he's just being inflammatory for the sake of being inflammatory. Nothing really clever there.

The contextual set up was way too long for a mediocre punchline. And what the fuck was all the pseudo-philosophy at the end.

SO many comedians have fallen into a rut with standup based on identity politics. Enough already. People over invested in identity politics are exhausting and not funny and we don't need laugh-less comedy routines sending it all up.

[quote] Dave Chappelle's transphobia has swallowed his comedy whole By Matt Schimkowitz

How dare a wimpy vegetarian white guy like this try to police the speech of a person of color. That' s racist.