Post by abbey1227 on Jun 1, 2022 8:27:52 GMT
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Trash Ricky Gervais Netflix Special As Audience Rave About It
Jacob Smith May 31, 2022
If you need more evidence that we are in a vicious culture war, look no further than the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores for Ricky Gervais’s latest stand-up comedy special “SuperNature.”
Last week, the latest Netflix special from comedian Ricky Gervais was released on the platform and it was labeled as transphobic and bigoted by progressives in the media just hours after its release. The special has been on Netflix for a few days and now the Rotten Tomato scores are out. The reaction among critics and audiences are just what you think they would be.
“SuperNature” among critics holds a 14% positive score out of 7 reviews, among audiences however, the special is rated at 92% with over 250 reviews as of this writing.
What has angered progressive critics about Gervais’ comedy bit is that in the opening act, Gervais dives into material about the trans community mocking pronouns and gender identity.
“Oh, women! Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women. Oh God! You know the ones with wombs,” he says to an applause break.
The 2 minute comedy routine was enough to cause critics to slam the special with negative reviews across the board. Emily Leibert of Jezebel called Gervais a “little twat” and complained that Netflix has platformed another anti-trans comedian.
Leibert writes, “Last time, it was Dave Chappelle spewing transphobia during his special The Closer, which triggered a walkout of Netflix’s LGBTQ+ staff. This time, it’s a little twat named Ricky Gervais, who suffers from the unfortunate ratio of being 100% asshole and 0% funny.”
Jacob Smith May 31, 2022
If you need more evidence that we are in a vicious culture war, look no further than the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores for Ricky Gervais’s latest stand-up comedy special “SuperNature.”
Last week, the latest Netflix special from comedian Ricky Gervais was released on the platform and it was labeled as transphobic and bigoted by progressives in the media just hours after its release. The special has been on Netflix for a few days and now the Rotten Tomato scores are out. The reaction among critics and audiences are just what you think they would be.
“SuperNature” among critics holds a 14% positive score out of 7 reviews, among audiences however, the special is rated at 92% with over 250 reviews as of this writing.
What has angered progressive critics about Gervais’ comedy bit is that in the opening act, Gervais dives into material about the trans community mocking pronouns and gender identity.
“Oh, women! Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women. Oh God! You know the ones with wombs,” he says to an applause break.
“Those f***ing dinosaurs,” he continues. “I love the new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately. The ones with beards and c**ks.
They’re as good as gold, I love them. And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘Oh, they want to use our toilets.’
‘Why shouldn’t they use your toilets?’ ‘For ladies!’ They are ladies — look at their pronouns!”
“What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’
‘Her penis, you f***ing bigot!’
‘What if he rapes me?’
‘What if she rapes you, you fucking TERF whore!’” Gervais joked. ![[duh]](//storage.proboards.com/7182076/images/fkEyrzKNbVccHgmfecGz.jpg)
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The 2 minute comedy routine was enough to cause critics to slam the special with negative reviews across the board. Emily Leibert of Jezebel called Gervais a “little twat” and complained that Netflix has platformed another anti-trans comedian.
Leibert writes, “Last time, it was Dave Chappelle spewing transphobia during his special The Closer, which triggered a walkout of Netflix’s LGBTQ+ staff. This time, it’s a little twat named Ricky Gervais, who suffers from the unfortunate ratio of being 100% asshole and 0% funny.”
She would later add, “If Netflix wants to be home of the historic comedy special, they’re going to have to do better than paying a cunty Bri-ish man to poke fun at minorities and trans people, which I’m sorry to say isn’t even original.”
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We should all remember that critics are the best expert judges of things........while the people that actually pay to attend should never be trusted on the matter.
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