[gaijin]

I heard him give a very cerebral analysis of the decline of Comedy.

His basic view is that political correctness brings politics more and more and more into our life, making it difficult to laugh at things.

he says that all comedy is criticism but increasingly people’s mind have become narrowed and they’re unable to Brook any kind of criticism, therefore the role of Comedy is diminishing to almost nothing.

He is very upset about it.

[N. Theknow]

therefore the role of Comedy is diminishing to almost nothing.

therefore the (f-bomb)role of (f-bomb)Comedy is (f-bomb)diminishing to almost (f-bomb)nothing.

And that is what passes for comedy today.

[Calvin Locke]

Well, Cleese, as a supporter of liberals, should count himself among those to blame for the sorry decline of comedy, and the world in general.

He probably thought he was going to be one of the last with those with their backs up against the wall. Instead, he helped bring restrictive meaningless to his art form.

[Kommodor]

Then perhaps he (and others) should dare to be comedic, and devil take the hindmost?

Offending others’ sensibilities didn’t seem to stop him in the past, but ... oh, wait, it’s okay to offend some people, right?

(I say that as someone who has enjoyed some Python, but at the same time finds much of it more than cringeworthy.)