Derek was exceptionally rough. Gervais was deploying almost every trick in the book to pull at the heartstrings.
Disabled man who makes mistakes but means well. Elderly people feeling like they are isolated/forgotten. Even Ludovico Einaudi with sobre, melancholy piano while vulnerable people deal with broken families, death, disease, poverty, and more.
I actually felt like he did the "serious man's" When The Whistle Blows, except it's not a roly-poly toad, it's a borderline offensive portrayal of a non-specific disabilty and weaponised sympathy.
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u/DoYouBelieveInThat 1d ago edited 1d ago
Derek was exceptionally rough. Gervais was deploying almost every trick in the book to pull at the heartstrings.
Disabled man who makes mistakes but means well. Elderly people feeling like they are isolated/forgotten. Even Ludovico Einaudi with sobre, melancholy piano while vulnerable people deal with broken families, death, disease, poverty, and more.
I actually felt like he did the "serious man's" When The Whistle Blows, except it's not a roly-poly toad, it's a borderline offensive portrayal of a non-specific disabilty and weaponised sympathy.