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Australian broadband and cable company Optus has brought back Ricky Gervais for two more ads in which he absolutely, positively couldn't give a damn about what he's pitching.
That's the plot of the spots, actually—the same contemptuously meta approach that Optus took earlier this year when it first used the British comedian as a kind of anti-pitchman. Oddly, those earlier ads were a bit more engaging—the new ones don't have quite the same punch. (Maybe he took the idea too seriously.)
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