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Ricky Gervais is an achingly conventional Millennial posing as a naughty maverick

By far the most useful and bankable of his talents is that he knows exactly how far he can push it

Despite the massive offence he supposedly caused, Ricky Gervais kept being invited, a record six times, to present the Golden Globe Awards. Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
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