I have to admit my jaw dropped when British funnyman Ricky Gervais took the stage at the Golden Globes and embarrassed Kate Winslet in front of the entire audience.
With beer in hand he joked,
“Well done Winslet. I told you, do a Holocaust movie and the awards come, didn’t I?”
Winslet was then shown nervously laughing, probably unsure of how to react to such a stinging joke.
Some say it was a joke, and people should get over it. Others say there is nothing to joke about when it comes to the Holocaust.
I tend to agree with the latter.
I wonder what Steven Spielberg [Schindler's List] thought?
[DM]
Maybe he knows something we don’t know.. like she is dying to win awards now,.. so yes funny he outed her as not really stauchly portraying this character in a style and manner befitting a serious and tragic subject. In fact the movie was lame and rather distainful of the tragedy.
it was actually a reference to season 1, episode 1 of EXTRAS, which was on HBO a couple of years ago. Winslet was the guest star, playing a snotty version of herself, and she engages in a conversation with Gervais’ character , both of who are playing actors in a holocaust movie.
She states that holocaust movies always get awards and that she is due and has no interest in actually spreading the message of the holocaust (”we get it…it was dread”). later, she concludes saying that “retards” always win (hoffman; Hanks; etc) and that was another good avenue towards an award.
The show is very funny and i am 100% sure that Ricky was referencing that show and was not just a random piece of conversation.
I agree with 72 lbs. I also love extra’s and am sure that’s what he was referring too.
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Never saw EXTRAS so I am not in the know…
You never saw extras?!? check it out. funny stuff…
I thought Ricky Gervais was funny — and so did Kate Winslet! She didn’t appear nervous or embarrassed at all, and was laughing quite hard.
BTW: Spicy, if you haven’t seen Extras, I think it is the kind of show you would really enjoy — inappropriate/hilarious humor, awkward moments, and celebrities making fools of themselves. If you get a chance, watch it!!
Also, I’m so happy you’re bringing back Dog of the Week! I only hope I can get my act together and send a picture of my ridiculous canine Emma the Wonder Dog. The more dogs posted, the better!
- K*
Well, Ricky, if you knew it was an inside joke… that’s where you should’ve kept it. It came off like the biggest insult in the world. Yeah, I know, I’m not the most politically correct shark in the world, and a lot of these PC twits walk on eggshells for people like Jesse Jackson that use the ‘n’ word in private(Note to JJ; if you are on a news show and you have a mic on, nothing is private or off the record). But this one was better left unsaid.
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The whole point was that it WASN’T an inside joke! It was a shout out to her and fans of some work they did toghether. If you check out the episode of Extras, it’ll all come clear. Winslet is so self-effacing and hilarious! She spouts the kind of filth you would only expect to hear emitted from a veteran construction worker… I’m with you on the hyper-pc thing shark. Let’s not all jump to judgement on the mere grounds that we assume we’re in on the joke!!!
yep-people laughed at Ricky’s joke- unlike Sascha Baron Cohen. His attempt at humor just seemed to make the crowd uncomfortable.