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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, film producer, director and musician. He is perhaps best known for creating, writing and acting in the British television series The Office (2001–2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No. 3 on the updated 2010 list. In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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Kumail Nanjiani calls out Ricky Gervais for ‘normalising’ harmful ideas about marginalised groups
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metro.co.ukwith The Hollywood Reporter, The Big Sick star Nanjiani criticised his jokes about marginalised groups, as he questioned whether audiences would believe his jokes were his actual opinions.Nanjiani, 42, and Gervais, 59, were speaking with Ramy star Ramy Youssef, Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson and Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy when Ricky complained that people often think ‘a joke is the window to the comedian’s true soul’.The After Life star said: ‘A big part of my comedy is saying things I do not mean.
I say the wrong thing because I know the audience knows the right thing and that’s why they laugh.‘I’ll change the joke halfway through, I’ll pretend to be right wing, left wing, no wing, if it makes the joke funnier.
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