
Dec 1, 2022 • 10M
White Men Are Stupid in Commercials [ep. #32]
Can We Fight Comedy with Comedy?
The Great Johannes on the Revival of the West and other topics.
In his own words, Ricky Gervais makes himself the butt of his jokes. He’s the silly white man who gets things wrong. But he wasn’t the first to practice self-deprecating comedy. Stars like John Cleese (Fawlty Towers) or Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) preceded him. Being able to laugh at oneself is certainly a confidence-boosting trait—until it becomes anti-white racism. Has comedy that makes white men look stupid gone too far?