Coverage dated May 23, 2022

Netflix Under Fire—Again—Over Trans Jokes, This Time By Ricky Gervais

Headline from Forbes

Staffers rebelled against a Dave Chappelle Netflix special last year in which he also joked about trans people.

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  1. The Daily Caller

    Ricky Gervais Goes Viral For Transgender Jokes In His New Special ‘Ricky Gervais: SuperNature’ (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Ricky Gervais successfully set the internet on fire with his latest special. He joked about transgender people in

  2. Washington Times

    Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix special ‘SuperNature’ blasted as ‘anti-trans rants’ (opens Washington Times)

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    Following in Dave Chappelle’s footsteps, Ricky Gervais ridicules transgender women in his new Netflix comedy special. As with Chappelle, the British stand-up quickly drew backlash for what a LGBTQ advocacy group called “anti-trans rants.”

  3. Breitbart News

    Ricky Gervais Mocks Transgender Authoritarianism in Netflix Special: 'Meet Me Halfway, Ladies. Lose the C**k' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Comedian Ricky Gervais took satirical aim at transgender authoritarianism in his new Netflix special SuperNature in which he mocks the woke left's insistence that male-to-female transgenders who still have their penises be called women.

  4. Breitbart News

    LGBTQ Cancel Mob Comes for Ricky Gervais over Transgender Jokes: Netflix's 'Most Transphobic Show Yet' (opens Breitbart News)

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    The LGBTQ cancel mob has taken out its pitchforks for Ricky Gervais, condemning his latest Netflix comedy special as "dangerous" and the streamer's "most transphobic show yet."

  5. PJ Media

    Ricky Gervais Mocks Transgenderism in New Netflix Special, and It’s Epic (opens PJ Media)

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    There’s arguably nothing funny about how transgender mania has swept the nation and indeed the world in recent years. Bathrooms, pronouns, pregnant man emojis…...

  6. The Week

  7. Advocate

    Ricky Gervais Goes All-In With Transphobia Again In 'SuperNature' (opens Advocate)

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    Advocate's feed description

    The comedian graphically mocks trans people in his new Netflix special.

  8. NBC News

    Ricky Gervais’ Netflix special draws criticism for graphic anti-trans jokes (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Four minutes into the special, Gervais dives into material about the transgender community seemingly calculated to draw controversy.

  9. Fox News

    New Ricky Gervais Netflix comedy special torched by media critics for ‘bigotry,’ ‘humiliation of trans people’ (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Comedian Ricky Gervais' new Netflix comedy special has offended liberal media entertainment critics for trying to "score points off of a marginalized group of people."

  10. Forbes

    Netflix Under Fire—Again—Over Trans Jokes, This Time By Ricky Gervais (opens Forbes)

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    Staffers rebelled against a Dave Chappelle Netflix special last year in which he also joked about trans people.

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