Pax Arcana
Just over a week ago, our friends at Lucy the Blog brought you this hilarious video of Ricky Gervais (creator of The Office, Extras, and probably some other things) clowning the Lowell Sun for its unique interpretation of the English language and general obliviousness.
Last week the Sun fired back in typically witty fashion:
They say working on a film location isn’t glamorous and judging from Ricky Gervais’ blog, they’re right.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. They do say some things, sometimes, don’t they? Wait. What?
Holding up a copy of The Sun from March 5, he says: “I don’t know what the readership is, but I imagine most people in Lowell read it.” He got that right.
Wisecracking with co-director Matt Robinson in a nondescript office, Gervais seems to relish seeing news of his first movie in print. We hope to keep him tickled for the next three months.
Whoa! Slow down there Mencken! We’re having trouble keeping up with your Ben Hecht-quality banter and rapid-fire repartee!
Anyway, the snarky snark snarks (like Snorks, only snarkier) at Gawker detect a threatening tone in the Sun’s final paragraph, but I’m not so sure:
In another video, he attacks assistant Jake with a Nerf gun. These guys must be dying to start shooting. We know we are.
Did the editors at Lowell Sun just threaten to off Ricky Gervais for making fun of them? Or are their writing skills so bad that even a modest joke with a simple double-meaning becomes grotesquely deformed in the white-hot fire of their literary incompetence?
Either way, I can’t wait to see what the Sun comes up with next. Unless something interesting happens. Then I’ll go with that.
Gervais reads all about it [Lowell Sun]
Small Newspaper Puts TV Star On Notice [Gawker]
Sun Gets the Scope on Gervais Flick [Lucy the Blog]
5 Comments
March 24, 2008 at 11:54 am
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March 25, 2008 at 7:32 am
I have no idea why this is found to be hilarious. Hes a slimy english idiot who revels in his ME ME ME
August 7, 2008 at 9:03 am
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