I loved everything Gervais and Merchant did up to this, but it felt a bit like they were just recycling what had worked before. Celeb cameos, zoom in on people cringing, awkward silence etc. That said, Liam Neeson's appearance is one of the funniest things ever committed to film, and the accountant really should have had his own show.
NEVER seen this before today! When the quad dude in the wheelchair came up to the front of the class and Warwick looked sideways at the camera, I friggin' lost it! 🙂
Thanks for the comment; I absolutely love this scene, its amazing. It says everything about discrimination & reverse-discrimination, both positive and negative. Take note of the teacher and the students; they are practicing a truly equal society.
That was a bit heartless. Warwick could have at least be nicer after making that poor kid go through that public dressing-down. Nothing fancy. A little compliment would do. Something like "Man, that wheelchair can sure turn on point. Cool set of wheels man!".
Dunno! but I'm a bedbound Paraplegic who gets my grandma to type my RU-vid comments for me and I would like to say that I can get off with better looking women than you , come find me if you dare........but while you're there can you please bring me some more cheetos as I've finished my last bag this morning
Because "destroying" a handicapped person is not good PR and the entire premise of the show was Warwick trying to raise his profile. The headline in the tabloids the next day was likely along the lines of "Celebrity Dwarf Humiliates Crippled Kid!"
A boy who is probably brutally bullied every day and has been bullied every day of his life, gets 'taken down' by a 'man' who, let's face it, drops a bit in class with this maneuver. I liked Warwick til now - stylish, funny - but, the end of the video with the 'gay' sign on the back of his wheelchair, and the tear rolling down that kid's face shows that the powerless remain so, and continue to be stepped on, while people like Warwick, who admittedly must have suffered *a lot* of abuse during his life - but Warwick got lucky(er) than the wheelchair-bound kid. He' got a life , a career, a supportive family - what has *this* kid got? Not much of a future, if you ask me. *I* think Warwick should shoot a second video where he goes back and talks compassionately with the kid about bullying and what it's like to be on the receiving end. Maybe what the kid needs, most of all, is a compassionate adult who *understands what it's like*. Warwick could be a 'bigger' person, and help this kid through what must be a living hell.
