Ricky Gervais's After Life series 3 [split topic]

[phes]

In what sense is Tony in After Life not a revolting character?

Tony isn't intended to be the revolting character, he's just sad and misunderstood. Basically a hero

[ImmaculateClump]

Haha, yeah, he's the everyman we're all supposed to relate to, I'm afraid.

If you think he's revolting, maybe you need your empathy chip recalibrated! Do I have to remind you that his wife died three years ago?!

Let's see how much of a revolting, self pitying, self absorbed brat you become when your wife dies, shall we? Let's see how long it is before you shake off swaggering around parks with your collar up, squinting at the distance, looking all cool and broody. Let's see how long it takes for you to stop bullying your work colleagues, downing bottles of wine and smoking big heroin biftas.

[Cuellar]

And killing the homeless

[ImmaculateClump]

Come on now. That was an act of pure kindness from one lost soul to another.
The junkie needed enough money to buy enough drugs to finally take the pain away forever.
Gentle Ricky doesn't pry or judge. He asks what a brother needs right now, and he helps them get it.
He understood his plight. The world can't be any worse with less pain in it.

Oh, hang on ... Do homeless junkies have relatives that might grieve them?
Oh, Ricky. What have you done!

[idunnosomename]

This popped up in the replies of Gervais' self congratulation about his "tubby little ginger cunt" scene

https://twitter.com/MCFCDANLEE/status/1502765521418297346

Deso

[Jockice]

Take it from me, having a go at a ginger kid or indeed a fat one has fuck all to do with social etiquette or not caring about consequences. The only two groups of people it's - arguably. And I'd argue it - considered perfectly okay to say absolutely anything about without any consequences at all. I've never been overweight incidentally and it's only very recently that 'fat-shaming' has become a thing but you can still generally get away with insulting tubby people.

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Take it from me, having a go at a ginger kid or indeed a fat one has fuck all to do with social etiquette or not caring about consequences. The only two groups of people it's - arguably. And I'd argue it - considered perfectly okay to say absolutely anything about without any consequences at all. I've never been overweight incidentally and it's only very recently that 'fat-shaming' has become a thing but you can still generally get away with insulting tubby people.

I can also recall skinny kid at school, including me, getting called 'snap.'

[Jockice]

I can also recall skinny kid at school, including me, getting called 'snap.'

Fair enough. I was no heavyweight myself. And a friend of mine got called Skeletor cos he was so skinny. Although Skeletor himself isn't.

[Menu]

Fat-shaming Skeletor now is it?

[idunnosomename]

Ricky is like skeletor in a black t shirt

[earl_sleek]

Skeletor is rather hench, especially for a skellington.

[olliebean]

"Twiggy" here, though only by one person.

[itsfredtitmus]

ginger kid deserved it the cunt

[kalowski]

"The rib" for many years.

[MigraineBoy]

Limmy's After Life review got 5 stars from Stewart Lee in his latest newsletter.

[Mobius]

If anyone is interested, this bloke on youtube who has done good Peep Show and other comedy videos in the past has done a review of After Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmjbdSu9vV0

[The Ombudsman]

If anyone is interested, this bloke on youtube who has done good Peep Show and other comedy videos in the past has done a review of After Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmjbdSu9vV0

That came up in the recommendations for me last night. Watched it, seemed to sum up everyone's feelings on this thread quite well I thought. The bit about him being so two-dimensional is so very true. I recently watched all the RG back catalogue and you could clip any of the bits into any other of his films and it wouldn't look out of place, with the exception of Brent.

There are other actors out there will limited capability but somehow can pull it off, perhaps as they are aware of their limitations or just do that one character really well. Thinking of Johna Hill for example. Don't think Ricky is one of them.

Still, very curious as to what the next highly acclaimed shit piece Gervais will regurgitate next.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

If anyone is interested, this bloke on youtube who has done good Peep Show and other comedy videos in the past has done a review of After Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmjbdSu9vV0

Excellent

[frajer]

Enjoyed this:

[idunnosomename]

Thats just a funny joke really imo

edit nm i thought this was the April Fools thread. so yes. lol.