Once upon a lampooning in Hollywood
Ricky Gervais ironic comedy might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but he said some things on national television that needed to be said while hosting the Golden Globes on Sunday evening. Plus he said them directly to a gathering of entitled celebrities. A captive audience. “Let’s have a laugh at your expense, shall we?,” joked Gervais.
The British comedian, writer, producer, and actor, who has as much money as any of the celebrities in attendance, went to work lambasting his privileged peers. It was all a bit ironic, as Gervais himself is a very raucous animal rights advocate, atheist and critic of all organized religions. But he was the MC, not them.
His monologue at the beginning of the Golden Globes included direct hits on the hypocrisy of Hollywood and celebrity. He wasn’t firing scud missiles either, these were Hypersonic attacks on everything from Hollywood perverts, to MeToo outing the decades’ old Hollywood casting couch, to entitled celebrities telling the general public how to live and what to think. No sacred cow was safe with Gervais in the room.
“If you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech, right. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you have spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So, if you win, right, come up. Accept your little award. Thank your agent and your God, and then f#@$ off (leave).” . . . contd.
