Ricky Gervais Jokes About ‘AIDS, Cancer And Hitler’ In New Netflix Special ‘SuperNature’: ‘Humour Gets Us Over Bad Stuff’
etcanada.comRicky Gervais has revealed what fans can expect in his new Netflix special “SuperNature”. The comedian chatted to Stephen Colbert on Tuesday’s “Late Show”, explaining how he started working on the special back in 2018.
He said of whether he had to change his jokes due to the COVID-19 pandemic delays, “It’s always evolving. “There was a thought, ‘Will this be out of date?’ And then I realized that when you’re dealing with, you know, famine, AIDS, cancer, Hitler, those dudes are evergreen… so they’re not going to, they don’t date.” READ MORE: Ricky Gervais Says Any Subject Is Fair Game When It Comes To Telling Jokes Colbert responded, “There is no audience that isn’t going to love that,” as Gervais joked, “Boo!
Not Hitler! It was a long time ago.” As the host pointed out fans don’t go to a Ricky Gervais show “for just feel good,” the star replied: “No, they do feel good, and the aim is to make them laugh and they do laugh, but they know I deal with taboo subjects.
But I deal with taboo subjects because I want to take the audience to a place it hasn’t been before and there is a tension. “And I think people get offended when they mistake the subject of a joke with the actual target, and smart people know you can deal with anything, particularly when dealing with something like irony.” Gervais shared how he explains irony at the beginning, adding: “Humour gets us over bad stuff.
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