What happened to Gervais’ self-awareness?
Share to twitterThe most intriguing thing aboutDavid Brent’s dreadful humiliations were often fueled by his obsession with the camera, his desire to escape the off-white, dreary hellscape he inhabited and transcend into television stardom, a position he firmly believed he was entitled to.
Gervais’ cringe-inducing creation was expertly crafted; Brent was absolutely insufferable, but not a bad person. His flaw was his love of attention, combined with an absence of charisma, taste, and comic timing. The man couldn’t read the room to save his life, but was determined to force the world to laugh along, whether they found him funny or not.
We all know someone like David Brent; that guy who just can’t see himself for who he really is, who would be perfectly likable if he just stopped self-sabotaging by trying to be edgy.ended more than a decade ago, and these days, Ricky Gervais is exhibiting the same lack of self-awareness that defined his most famous creation. It’s a surprising plot twist, coming from a performer so observant of the oblivious.
It’s the philosopher's stone of stand-up, a line that can turn any lazy, leaden one-liner into comedy gold, as long as your audience believes that someone out there, somewhere, is offended by the material.
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