Even when a few genuine spontaneous smiles sneak through, "Humanity" has the air of something Gervais feels obliged to do, either to feed some nonexistent need to bolster his cred as Bad Boy of Comedy.

Inflating his ego is part of what you're paying for with Gervais, but this is irritating even for him.

Thanks to Netflix, billions of people around the world now think they can justify their hate with mediocre jokes as well.

Fully aware of his status as a mini-god to the anti-PC crowd, Gervais clocks up his best stand-up special yet as he rubs against the grain on a wide variety of hot-button topics.