(p. B6) John Cleese is “not bothered about getting cancelled.”
. . . while he is too “old” and established to worry about it, he admitted if he was just starting his career he’d be more hesitant about his writing.
. . .
“Cancel culture tends to make people less broad in their thinking, more literal-minded. It is tougher to make funny — or intellectually interesting — associations.
When The Life of Brian was released in 1979, the Monty Python troupe faced calls for it to be banned or censored, and John, 84, thinks they were “early targets” of cancel culture.
For the full story, see:
Bang Showbiz. “Cleese ‘Too Old’ to Worry about Being Canceled.” Omaha World-Herald (Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023): B6.
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