Golden Globes: The Celebrity Ricky Gervais Plays David Brent Ad Nauseum
THE Golden Globes, which can be viewed in globes here, here , here and literally here, were hosted by Ricky Gervais. Gervais is now a jobbing celebrity and so able to inflict upon himself that brand of self-humiliating comedy which has been a mainstay of Morecambe & Wise and just about every act since and before.
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Gervais is the same Gervais in whatever he does. He gives you what you expect. He is David Brent. He is a celebrity hired to be himself and let you know he’s in on the joke.
Still, hosting the Golden Globes is pretty big deal and like the sameness or not, Gervais is liked in Hollywood – unless you read the cover of the Mail, which tells readers:
The night Ricky was Beverly Hills flop
Or as the Daily Mirror puts it:
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Ricky Gervais stole the show at the Golden Globes
The biggest laugh of the night came when he introduced Gibson – convicted for drink-driving four years ago – up on stage to announce Best Director. Swigging beer, Gervais said: “I like a drink as much as the next man… unless the next man is Mel Gibson.”
Fair play to Gibson, who wobbled onto the stage and pretended to slur – well, we presume he was pretending – as he introduced winning Avatar director James Cameron onto the podium.
But the Mirror’s headline is at odd with the story – the Mail seems to have got it about right. Gervais gives us exactly what we’d expect: David Brent:
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Leaving the audience at LA’s Beverly Hilton giggling nervously – whenever they caught sight of a TV camera – he exclaimed: “I’ve had a little bit of work done. I’ve had a penis reduction. Just got the one now. That’s enough.
And it is very tiny, but so are my hands, so when I’m holding it, it looks pretty big. And let’s face it, I usually am holding it. I wish I was doing that now instead of this, to be honest.”
So who has the Mirror managed to construct its headline about Gervais being a smash hit?
But several US bloggers and websites described the Readingborn star as “a comedy genius” and “a breath of fresh Hollywood air.”
No bloggers are listed. All readers know is that “several” liked him.
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The Mirror pales in comparison to the Star’s puff piece:
BRIT comic Ricky Gervais thrilled Hollywood by mocking A-list celebs as he hosted the Golden Globes.
As ABC puts it:
The first hour chugged along with assembly-line efficiency, including Gervais, whose opening minutes were disappointingly toothless. He tackled predictable subjects: satirizing self-promotion by plugging DVDs for his own creations, “The Office” and “The Invention of Lying”; tossing off banal generalities about the unimportance of actors; small-penis yuks, and of course, NBC potshots. But Gervais flew through all of them so fast he didn’t land a blow, let alone draw blood.
“When will he learn that his spoof self-absorption is as obnoxious as the real thing?” the Guardian asked.
Gervais was “unbearably boring”.
Gervais is “banal”.
Gervais has been doing banal every since he made it big: playing David Brent. Gervais is no longer a man who tells jokes – he is a celebrity, popping up to do exactly what you expect him to do.
Says USA Today:
There’s no telling what’ll come out of Ricky Gervais’ mouth
Yes there is. It’s a repeat of what he said before…
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Posted: 19th, January 2010 | In: Celebrities Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
