Well done, guv'nor

It seems Ricky Gervais is catching hell today for his humor last night.

One LA Times killjoy sniffed that he was "too nasty" and that the "host pulled no punches, but he should have knocked himself out." A sampling:

"It’s going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking. Or, as Charlie Sheen calls it, breakfast."

Bada Boom. (Nice one)

On Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp: “It seems like everything this year was three-dimensional – except the stars in ‘The Tourist.’”

Ouch! (But so deliciously true)

"Nothing for 'Sex and the City 2.' I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of ‘Bonanza.’"

Double ouch! (And doubly hilarious)

Based on the above snippets, I'd say Gervais' performance was, as the Brits say, brilliant. On the morning after, the news media is breathlessly asking: Did Ricky Gervais go too far at the Golden Globes? The short answer is: Who cares? The longer answer is: So what if he did?

I mean after all, exactly how does one do inappropriate comedy at a function everyone in Hollywood derides as the "Drunk Oscars?" This is much ado about nothing -- with "nothing" defined as rich, self-absorbed celebrities behaving like, well, rich, self-absorbed celebrities.