{"id":3848,"date":"2025-07-25T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daturi.com\/qwerty\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:45:34","slug":"ricky-gervais-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daturi.com\/qwerty\/ricky-gervais-in-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ricky Gervais in Milan: facing \u201cMortality\u201d one Spritz at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJust because you<\/em>‘re offended<\/em>, it doesn’t mean you<\/em>‘re right<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\nRicky Gervais<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When I read that line, it stuck to me like one of those uncomfortable truths only Ricky Gervais can make you accept \u2014 while laughing. He says it himself, and every time you hear him, you realize it\u2019s true: with him, you laugh, even when you probably shouldn\u2019t. Or maybe precisely because of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, July 24th, 2025, I saw him live for the first time, at the Unipol Forum in Milan. I\u2019m writing this while the laughter is still echoing \u2014 the show ended just a couple of hours ago. A single Italian date for his show \u201cMortality\u201d, and of course, sold out. Strangely enough. I say \u201cstrangely\u201d because I didn\u2019t think he was that famous in Italy, nor did I expect that many people to follow him \u2014 it must have been around 10,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had that \u201cI was there\u201d atmosphere, the kind of big event where anyone who\u2019s ever appreciated even a single episode of After Life or one of his stand-ups on Netflix felt the urge to be present. Gervais live is exactly what his legend promises: bold, razor-sharp, corrosive \u2014 and more in shape than I imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I admit: I prepared. For days \u2014 maybe weeks \u2014 I listened to his shows on YouTube, trying to get used to the accent, the wordplay, that distinct British comic rhythm that sneaks into your brain and stays there. It was like training for a listening comprehension test, except with jokes about God, death, and misbehaving children. Yet during the show, between bursts of laughter, I caught myself wondering: is it just me who\u2019s struggling to catch everything? Is the audience really getting all the jokes? Or is it a collective phenomenon \u2014 like Italy\u2019s \u2018Drive In\u2019 in the ’80s \u2014 where you laugh in sync with others, just because everyone else is? Because with Ricky, it\u2019s not only what he says that\u2019s funny \u2014 it\u2019s how he says it, when he says it, and that look in his eyes that says \u201cI\u2019m not joking\u2026 or maybe I am.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From our skybox \u2014 a fairly privileged spot \u2014 I enjoyed the show, with a few detours to the bar where I discovered new types of Spritz, Cynar and Hugo, that helped make the evening even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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