I am not one that would ever want to or like to watch an award ceremony such as the Golden Globes. These award ceremonies are long, boring, and to me appear to be an example of rich and famous people wanting more praise and more recognition. But there was something last Sunday that drove me to watch the Golden Globes last Sunday, and I am glad that I did.
this picture is Tom Hank's reaction to Ricky Gervais's monologue
It was Ricky Gervias who took center stage for his opening monologue, and he delivered on something that was controversial, honest, and absolutely hilarious. Now I have to be honest, on youtube, I’ll usually watch the comedic monologues that the award shows put out after the show concludes, it's the only part that I consider watchable. In these monologues, various famous comedians roast several of Hollywood's most famous, but Ricky Gervais's monologue felt different. His wasn’t a roast like the others, his was a massacre.
No controversy was too controversial for Gervias, no topic off-limits as he gained the disgusted looks from various celebrities all throughout his performance. But what I’d like to talk about is the backlash Ricky Gervais's performance received, some saying that it was too offensive.
This picture is Tom Hanks’s reaction to Ricky Gervais’s monologue.
After hearing this, I immediately went on youtube and watched the monologue again, and I found that the real problem is that people take offense to too many things, and we just can’t take a joke. Now more than ever, I believe that it is vital that people learn to laugh at and not scream at a comedian who is, in the end, trying to make an audience laugh.
Now don’t get me wrong, there is a clear distinction in saying offensive things just to be offensive versus making jokes to make people laugh that may be offensive to some people. To me, jokes are told with the best intentions behind them. Jokes are supposed to be clever and kind-hearted. And for the people who find themselves at the expense of a joke, none of it is supposed to be taken seriously, none of it is supposed to have any other meaning than a joke.
If you want to, look at the Ricky Gervias monologue and comment if I’m either right and the critics are wrong or I’m wrong and Gervias was clearly out of line.
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Do you believe that people take jokes too seriously today?
I am someone who watches almost every award show during award show season. Hearing the monologues spoken by different celebrities is always an interesting part to me. I don't like when they get to political, but it also bothers me when they receive so much backlash for making a controversial joke. I did not get a chance to watch Gervias monologue, but I can only imagine the response, as it happens every year. Jokes are definitely taken too seriously today, and I genuinely wish people would relax more and just have a laugh.
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