Netflix’s Ricky Jarvis draws fire especially for graphic transgender women’s jokes

Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix special has sparked a shocking use of humor at the expense of trans women.

For the streaming giant, in the last few minutes of his latest specialty, Javers jokes: “I love young women. The new ones we’ve seen lately. With beards and dicks. They are as good as gold, I love them. No, they’re old, they’ll, ah, they want to use our bathroom. “Why don’t you use your bathroom? “For the ladies!” ‘They they are Ladies – look at your pronouns! Is this man not a woman? “Oh, his cock.” “Your penis, you vain dido!” “What if he rapes me?” ‘იქნებაat ease if The He’s going to rape you, bitch!’”

TERF is an acronym for “excluded trans radical feminist”, an ideology that excludes trans women as women.

Special in your stand-up Ricky Gervais: Supernatural, which premiered Tuesday, Gervais addressed today’s “awake, progressive moment” when talking about other comics and what’s fun. He insisted that people shouldn’t find the joke offensive, but “you must say you found it offensive” because he insisted the feelings were personal.

Gervais also mentioned the new phenomenon of “wakeful comedy”, where comics don’t try to offend anyone, because they create a “safe space” for the viewer. “I tried looking around for a bit and decided I’d rather see Louis CK jerk off,” he said with a twist in his stomach. He added, “I can’t mention it anymore. It’s cancelled.”

He also nominated Kevin Hart, who missed the 2018 Oscars intro show after previous homophobic tweets. The British comedian argued that comedy was threatened if comedians could not foresee what could be considered an insult in the future. “You don’t know who the ruling crowd will be. You know, the worst thing you can say today – the thing you cancel on Twitter, the death threat – the worst thing you can say today: “Women don’t have a penis”, right? Now nobody saw it coming. There are no tweets from 10 years ago that say, “Women don’t have penises.” You know why? We didn’t think we would have to do this!”

The Gervais Reef was about Liam Neeson’s wake-up-and-cancel culture, which was teased by the Irish actor admitting that he had once considered it an attack on racist “revenge”. “When it broke, I thought, ‘Oh, I might find it someday Schindler’s List Funny again? “I still think it’s ridiculous, obviously,” he said.

After a moment of shocking humor, he admitted: “In real life, of course, I support trans rights. I support all human rights and trans rights are human rights. You know, live the best life. Use whatever pronouns you want. I know what sex you are. But halfway through you met me, ladies. Lose the money. That’s all I say.”

Gervais’ fans and opponents were quick to respond on social media after the special was released on Netflix.

“Ricky Jarvis is like Dick, he shows up on your spam phone, he talks a lot and awkwardly about trans people but in real life he’s much smaller and can’t stand the inclination of people calling him on social media” – Alejandra Carabalo Instructor of the Cyberclinic Clinic at Harvard Law School; he said on twitter.

“Ricky Gervais and his advertising team are getting what they want: Twitter trends. At the same time, in real life, trans people find themselves at the bottom of the health spectrum and face the flood of negativity from the increasingly hostile trans media. This is not a joke,” said the British artist. Added Miss Freddie Wallace.

Theater composer, lyricist and LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kane is also targeting Supernatural Special On twitter: “Ricky Gervais Just being an incredibly lazy comedian who doesn’t think that just because you’re abusive doesn’t mean you’re funny. Its supporters now appear to be made up of rightists who think cruelty is ridiculous just because it is cruel and “propels Libya”.

Answer Supernatural It will be followed by a Netflix comic against Dave Chapel’s constant reaction to transphobic material in his latest comedy, Closer, Which led to Streamer’s rant to his trans employees and allies. Chapel has since gone on to title his latest Netflix comedy Is a Joke, where he was attacked by a fan on stage while working on new material.

Last week, Ricky Jersey was a guest on SiriusXM Jim Norton and Sam Roberts Show, Where he telegraphed the possible negative reactions Supernatural For transphobia. He responded to a question from Netflix co-founder Sam Roberts, who was offended by his performance.

“I don’t know what to say really. For me there is nothing controversial about it, as it is just a joke. I even explain what the “twist” is at the beginning of the show and all that, I don’t know how many people I played with, half a million people, no complaints. They laughed at everything, right? But everyone will complain about everything in it. Every string that someone will complain, or because they hate it, can’t understand, here it comes… Here’s a comedy. I can list 20 taboo topics. “Everyone in the world laughs at 19 of them and hates those who act accordingly.”

the hollywood reporter Contact Netflix for comment. Earlier this month, the streaming giant revised its Netflix cultural policy to include support for artistic expression.

“Entertaining the world is an incredible opportunity and also a challenge, because the public has different tastes and points of view. That’s why we offer a variety of TV shows and movies, some of which can be provocative. To help members make informed decisions about what to watch, we offer easy-to-use ratings, content alerts, and parental controls.”

Netflix added that it does not choose to censor artists, offering a variety of voices. “Not everyone will like or agree with everything about our service. While all titles are different, we approach them with the same principles: we support the artistic expression of the creators we choose to work with; We program for different audiences and tastes; And we let viewers decide what’s right for them, against censorship by specific artists or voices against Netflix censorship.