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The Ricky Gervais Theorem

October 12th 2006 00:19
The Simpsons have, of late, relied merely on cameos from noticeable musicians and artists to gain credibiility. These cameos are usually pretty ordinary. Ricky Gervais has a different idea - get famous people in to make fun of themselves and actually contribute to the plotline. This is the premise of his relatively new series, The Extras, which is into its second season now. While the first season was coloured with artists the likes of Samuel L Jackson and Ben Stiller, the second lends some more space to musicians the likes of David Bowie and Chris Martin. I prefer the Bowie cameo, but the Chris Martin one isn't too bad either.




David Bowie




Chris Martin


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Comment by DanielR

October 12th 2006 19:29
gervais has frustrated me of late. the office was good, pretty untouchable, but he seems to be just transplanting the same bren character and softening him slightly for extras. the celebrity appearances were a bit of a novelty in the first series, but they now all seem to follow the exact same pattern - they all hate their closest rivals, the say things that de-value any charity work they may have done, and it all looks to the public like they can take the mick out of themselves. which, fair enough, they probably can. it's just done in such an obvious way.

Comment by Jimbo

October 13th 2006 00:20
I see where you're coming from. I found Orland Bloom's and Daniel Radcliffe's characters a little too close for comfort. If it wasn't for Radcliffe's whole "I'm a teenager and want to have sex" thing, then they would've been the same person. Christ Martin's character was very put on, but it had its charm. I really liked David Bowie's cameo though - just that song, its classic Bowie.

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