> although it does reflect part of reality, the Gervais Principle is overly cynical in my opinion Of course it is. That's what comedians do: they take somethin

> although it does reflect part of reality, the Gervais Principle is overly cynical in my opinion Of course it is. That's what comedians do: they take something with enough basis in reality that people will recognise and identify with it, and then caricature and exaggerate it to extremes.