▲ 6 ▼ Ricky Gervais' joke is 'disgusting' - mum of Barton-le-Clay teen who received Make-a-Wish message from the comic hits out at Netflix Armageddon show (www.bedfordtoday.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by bedsnewsbot@feddit.uk [B] to c/beds@feddit.uk 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments "I was so offended when I saw the clip - it honestly floored me”
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it's not funny, just trying to be edgy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm really not getting what the "joke" is. Ha ha, kids with cancer are stupid? Netflix is so desperate for content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's getting a shocked laugh out of the audience by saying things he "shouldn't" say and then excusing it by saying it's a character or (as is often in Jimmy Carr's case) trying to deconstruct it as a meta commentary on what is acceptable in humour. Carr, at least, is a skilled joke technician and very knowledgeable about comedy (my Dad wasn't his biggest fan but thought his book was excellent and used it as a reference in his MA on the linguistics of humour) but it's still a fig leaf being deployed to tell the same punching down jokes that were being told in working men's clubs and the New Wave of British Comedy swept aside. Taste is subjective but I'm not a fan - it's an excuse for pretty lazy comedy. Frankie Boyle was much funnier (IMHO) when punching up than he was when he was making jokes about Jordan's son. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* It's also stale - we've no shortage of edgy comedians saying things for shock value. Sometimes a joke is just not funny because every other one has basically made the same joke. And if it's not funny all that's left is an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm really not getting what the "joke" is. Ha ha, kids with cancer are stupid? Netflix is so desperate for content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's getting a shocked laugh out of the audience by saying things he "shouldn't" say and then excusing it by saying it's a character or (as is often in Jimmy Carr's case) trying to deconstruct it as a meta commentary on what is acceptable in humour. Carr, at least, is a skilled joke technician and very knowledgeable about comedy (my Dad wasn't his biggest fan but thought his book was excellent and used it as a reference in his MA on the linguistics of humour) but it's still a fig leaf being deployed to tell the same punching down jokes that were being told in working men's clubs and the New Wave of British Comedy swept aside. Taste is subjective but I'm not a fan - it's an excuse for pretty lazy comedy. Frankie Boyle was much funnier (IMHO) when punching up than he was when he was making jokes about Jordan's son. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* It's also stale - we've no shortage of edgy comedians saying things for shock value. Sometimes a joke is just not funny because every other one has basically made the same joke. And if it's not funny all that's left is an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's getting a shocked laugh out of the audience by saying things he "shouldn't" say and then excusing it by saying it's a character or (as is often in Jimmy Carr's case) trying to deconstruct it as a meta commentary on what is acceptable in humour. Carr, at least, is a skilled joke technician and very knowledgeable about comedy (my Dad wasn't his biggest fan but thought his book was excellent and used it as a reference in his MA on the linguistics of humour) but it's still a fig leaf being deployed to tell the same punching down jokes that were being told in working men's clubs and the New Wave of British Comedy swept aside. Taste is subjective but I'm not a fan - it's an excuse for pretty lazy comedy. Frankie Boyle was much funnier (IMHO) when punching up than he was when he was making jokes about Jordan's son. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* It's also stale - we've no shortage of edgy comedians saying things for shock value. Sometimes a joke is just not funny because every other one has basically made the same joke. And if it's not funny all that's left is an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoneItDuncan@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* It's also stale - we've no shortage of edgy comedians saying things for shock value. Sometimes a joke is just not funny because every other one has basically made the same joke. And if it's not funny all that's left is an insult. permalink fedilink source parent