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Ricky Gervais.
Liked him ~ The Office, Extras, podcast period, even some of his Golden Globes hosting, but now I find his "edginess" and mugging grating.
Tooooo CHALLENGING for you?!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqma3rx-xI
:)
Saw that whole special a few year ago. Love him.
Seems to me his shtick got old right around the time "Lifes too Short" came out, that show started out with a few funny gags but by the end of it I was seriously stuck that this entire show was them making fun of a little person for no good reason.
At some point I realised his "ironic" depictions aren't ironic at all, he genuinely is just an average bigot who likes punching down.
The only difference between him and some racist sexist ableist playground bully from the 1950s is Gervais has managed to convince a swathe of people that is ironic and edgy somehow.
There's a fine line between poking fun at everything and being insufferably smug, and I reckon he's crossed it a bit. The difference is forgetting to include yourself in 'everything'.