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Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, film producer, director and musician. He is perhaps best known for creating, writing and acting in the British television series The Office (2001–2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No. 3 on the updated 2010 list. In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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David Cross criticises comedians who make transphobic jokes: “Just move on and not hurt hundreds of thousands of people”

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Arrested Development, criticised comics who brand themselves as advocates for ‘free speech’ after making offensive jokes against marginalised groups.Speaking on Salon Talks, Cross explained that he was confronted by a fan over a joke they found problematic in his I’m From The Future stand-up tour, which he subsequently dropped after discussing it with the individual.“It was like a throwaway line and I was like, ‘Ok, I’ll lose it.’ It’s easy to lose.

It’s not a difficult thing to do,” Cross said. “All the comics who bitch and moan about, ‘Hey, they’re trying to cancel me for this joke I made.’ Most of the time it’s a nothing joke and it doesn’t matter, and now you are positioning yourself as this bullshit voice of, ‘They’re not going to cancel me.

You can’t silence me.’ For what? Your dumb joke about trans people? Who gives a shit.“Is it that important to you? Just move on and not hurt hundreds of thousands of people.”He added: “It’s a choice people make but….

After this conversation, again it was a longer conversation, we went back and forth, and at the end I was like, ‘Ok’. It doesn’t hurt me, it doesn’t affect me in any way to not do that line.

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