Are people ignoring that his mologue was something the producers of the show approved?

I think you nailed it ...I didn't watch, did the celebs heed the message?

Gervais was using hand-held note cards instead of the prompter. He may not have submitted the material he actually ended up doing to the producers beforehand. It was a delight to hear someone who is fairly prominent in the entertainment field calling out the hypocrisy, ignorance, and smugness of the woke Hollywood establishment. The self-important looks of disapproval on Hanks's pompous face were priceless. The more Gervais offends this crowd of bloated know-nothings, the better.

He had handheld notes. I do not think the HFPA would have approved the things he said. But as he mentioned quite a few times, it is his last time hosting and he really didn't care. He spoke his mind and he was right in everything he said. It's something that everybody thinks but no one in the industry says out loud. I love Gervais' humor and his opennesses. We need more people like him in Hollywood.

Right. It never ceases to amaze that people believe everything on television is real. You can take reaction b-rolls and show them when you want to create any story you want, to make it appear that someone laughed at themselves or was upset, when really they were laughing at someone else or were upset because their drink got warm. In editing you can make anyone a villain or hero.

"so come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your god and then f off."

I loved it!

Speaking Truth to Putzes..

Judging by reactions, it certainly was not approved.

I just stated something similar on a facebook post.

I find it kinda odd that he was allowed to rip into them like that by the producers, of all people. Some of the stuff he said doesn't sound like something anyone in Tinseltown would approve of, and yet it was what everyone in the real world was thinking when looking at shallow, stupid Hollywood.