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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 slams Ricky Gervais' jokes for 'normalising mockery of minorities'
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mirror.co.ukKumail Nanjiani has called out Ricky Gervais over his stance on offensive comedy - and whether his jokes can "normalise harmful ideas" about marginalised groups in society.
Ricky, 59, is well known for passionately defending his right to be offensive in his comedy. His stand-up specials and Golden Globes speeches are renowned for being unfiltered and for the scathing nature of their humour.
And while he insists that his jokes come from a place of humour and don't reflect his real attitudes, Kumail floated the possibility that they can still "normalise" certain stances.
Speaking at a comedian round table with The Hollywood Reporter, Ricky admitted he was astonished that people sometimes believe "a joke is the window to a comedian's true
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