Here’s a line that’s surely going to draw gasps ...
“I havent even seen The Tourist, Gervais said. Who has? There’s this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason The Tourist was nominated was so that the Hollywood Foreign Press could hang out with Johnny Deppand Angelina Jolie. That’s rubbish. They also accepted bribes.”
For satire to be effective, it must have a kernel of truth in it. Looks like he had a bushel of kernels...
Here’s another ...
“And now, a category that no one in America cares about — The Best Foreign Language Film.