{"id":7650,"date":"2012-01-23T16:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T14:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=7650"},"modified":"2012-01-25T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T13:35:23","slug":"2012-golden-globes-ricky-gervais-tame-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/2012-golden-globes-ricky-gervais-tame-never\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Golden Globes: Ricky Gervais? Tame? Never!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ricky Gervais- commenting on his "not-to-do" list. Image via graziadaily.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sorry, I\u2019m a bit late about posting about Ricky Gervais\u2019 third time hosting the Golden Globes. But I\u2019ve been watching the Golden Globes for three years in a row- and all three because he was hosting it. And I\u2019ve been writing about his jokes and the highlights and I didn\u2019t want to make an exception. What can I say? I love Ricky.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed this year\u2019s show just as much as I did in 2010 and 2011 and my only complaint that the host should just get more time, especially if it is Ricky Gervais.<\/p>\n

People love criticizing just to criticize and Ricky got his fair share of it. People said he went too far for two years. And then this year, apparently he wasn\u2019t raunchy or outrageous enough. In Ricky\u2019s defense, he was just as raunchy, but he had less time. And this year he didn\u2019t have Charlie Sheen as material, or Paul McCartney. Or Cher.<\/p>\n

But what really bothered me was that all the actors wanted to be funny when presenting, and if anyone brought the show momentum down, it was the actors- trying to hard to be \u201cnice\u201d and \u201ccasual\u201d about Ricky. The only actors that didn\u2019t annoy the hell out of me were Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and the William H. Macy-Felicity Huffman couple.<\/p>\n

Below are some of my favorite Ricky moments and you can compare them with his\u00a0 2010 <\/a>and 2011 Golden Globe performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n

on Jodie Foster and her movie The Beaver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Beaver <\/a>is a 2011 Jodie Foster<\/a> drama, starring Mel Gibson <\/a>and Jodie Foster. It\u2019s about a man coming to grips with his depression with the help of a beaver-shaped puppet.<\/p>\n

Ricky mentioned that not many guys have seen Jodie Foster\u2019s Beaver. He is sure that it is good, just that it wasn\u2019t seen by guys. \u00a0The joke is funny, no matter which meaning you want to get. Yes, Jodie Foster is a lesbian and movies like The Beaver don\u2019t typically become box office hits.<\/p>\n

on the network, award show and Mel Gibson<\/strong><\/p>\n

He introduced himself as Britain\u2019s best comedian, presenting the second most-watched award show on America\u2019s third most-watched network.<\/p>\n

Then Ricky said that he was given a list of what not to joke about, and he read the \u201clist of\u201d from a paper. Apparently, he wasn\u2019t to joke about Mel Gibson this year.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t also allowed to talk too dirty, but he assured his audience that his vocabulary was quite rich. He wasn\u2019t allowed to do anything naked (not that he ever did), and that it would be the audience\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

on Johnny Depp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnny Depp<\/a> was his first presenter, and he went a little easy on him. After all, he did mock the hell of The Tourist las<\/a>t year, saying that it was the only movie that didn\u2019t have 3D characters and that the box office revenue came from the people who were bribed with Cher concert tickets. Not that it worked, as it wasn\u2019t the 70s anymore.<\/p>\n

This year he just asked Johnny if he has seen The Tourist and Johnny said no good-humoredly. But of course before Johnny came to the stage, part of Ricky\u2019s introduction was \u201cThe man who wears anything Tim Burton makes him wear\u201d. Since I get bored with 90% of Tim Burton\u2019s movies and at least 60% of Johnny Depp movies, that line was more than enough for me.<\/p>\n

on Colin Firth<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is nothing bad to say Colin Firth. Not about his personality, or about his movies. Sure, he made some bad movies in the past (Trauma<\/a>, for instance), but having won the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actor in 2011 for his role in The King\u2019s Speech<\/a>, and having been nominated for Golden Globe and Oscar for A Single Man the year before, it is not like he can joke about Firth\u2019s movies, or performances.<\/p>\n

And Colin has been a graceful guy, and it is not like he can joke about his personality. So Ricky did the next best thing. He mocked himself. He said Colin and he were both Brits, but unlike Ricky, Colin had an Oscar. \u201cOh, good for him\u201d. And unlike Ricky, Colin has women swooning over him. Well, Ricky can\u2019t see it but whatever. And he also said that Colin Firth was racist (which is OK because everyone knows he is not) and that he isn\u2019t as nice as he appears as he punched a blind kitten (which again we know he didn\u2019t.) So when Colin came, he greeted him with a handshake and mock-kicked Ricky.<\/p>\n

on George Clooney:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a George Clooney <\/a>year again, enjoying a kind of popularity that Mel Gibson and Kevin Costner (who both have two Oscars, in the same two categories: one for Best Film and one for Best Director) possessed in the 90s. And he is being praised by critics not only for his directing efforts, but his acting is loved too (Costner was nominated for Best Actor Oscar once, and Mel Gibson only has two Golden Globe nominations for his acting efforts). \u00a0But excluding his possible nominations this year, Clooney has already won an acting Oscar, and he has had several other nominations both for his acting and writing\/directing. Yes, he is loved. And people do find him gorgeous. Why everybody is that fascinated by Clooney is beyond me.<\/p>\n

And Ricky practically said George could give him a \u2026\u2026.. (fill in the blanks) if George got any more successful or handsome. I think this was a great way to point out the Clooney craze, although I am not sure if Ricky thinks George is overrated. \u00a0But I did enjoy the joke all the same.<\/p>\n

On Justin Bieber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gervais just pointed out what a ridiculous idea it was to ask a paternity test from Justin Bieber, as the only way for him to get a girl pregnant was borrowing a Turkey roaster (or something to that effect) from Martha Stewart. \u201cWhat a waste of a test that would have been\u201d.<\/p>\n

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So no, I don\u2019t think Ricky Gervais<\/a> talking about his size, or joking about Jodie Foster\u2019s beaver or Bieber\u2019s impregnating abilities was tame. He is only tamer when you compare his Golden Globes material to his shows, where he would even joke about the hunger in Africa.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t go to Gervais for political correctness. You go to him to be funny, unpredictable and outrageous. And the only mistake so far is that they haven\u2019t asked him to do the Oscars yet. More time, more material. He would go crazy. I guess even the tamer Ricky isn\u2019t tame enough for Hollywood\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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