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America Must Heal First To Truly Become Great Again
Ricky Gervais hit an aching nerve that needs immediate attention
English stand up comedian and creator of “The Office” Ricky Gervais presented the Golden Globes in Hollywood. Ever since I have been fascinated by what actually was going on that night, and what is going on in the States in general. The world is watching.
It was bigger than Gervais making jokes about America’s elite pedophiles flying around in helicopters. It went beyond Hollywood celebrities being in terror to be name shamed.
Stand up comedians are the jokers of society, their function is to bring to the surface that what is carefully hidden away
Ricky Gervais hit the aching nerve of America that evening. Something that has been ignored for a very long time and that is starting to rot under the surface.
Remember the scene in Cast Away with Tom Hanks in where he gets a terrible toothache? It is that pain that is hidden, and ironically, Tom Hanks symbolized it again that night in Hollywood. His face expressed it all. Stuffed away pus from a deep tooth nerve infection. Pus that wants to come out, but doesn’t know how, so the face expresses suffering while holding up good…