Steve Albini hits out at Ricky Gervais’ “fucked up” Netflix special

nme.com:

Ricky Gervais‘ for his “fucked up” new Netflix special and called him an “anti-woke trans-bash” comedian.Gervais has been criticised this week over “transphobic” jokes in his new comedy special SuperNature, in which the controversial comedian makes numerous jokes about the trans community.Oh, women,” he begins in the show. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones.

The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs. Those fucking dinosaurs. I love the new women. They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately.

The ones with beards and cocks. They’re as good as gold, I love them.“And now the old-fashioned ones say, ‘For ladies!’ ‘They are ladies – look at their pronouns!

What about this person isn’t a lady?’ ‘Well, his penis.’ ‘Her penis, you fucking bigot!’ ‘What if he rapes me?’ ‘What if she rapes you, you fucking TERF whore!’”Among the significant criticism being levelled at Gervais online is a lengthy tweet thread from legendary producer Albini, who began: “No, I’m not going to watch his special before I say it is fucked up and sucks.