John Cleese is talking to The Sydney Morning Herald responded to the news that the UK UKTV made a famous episode of Fawlty Towers removed. The protagonist does not agree with the decision and believes that the scene in question should not be seen as racist, but rather as criticism of racism.
“One of the things I’ve learned in the last 180 years is that people can have many different kinds of humor,” Eighty-year-old Cleese told the Australian newspaper.
UKTV said it was about the episode The Germans , which includes a major who is racist about a cricket team. According to Cleese, the major in the scene is actually ridiculed and not the people in the sports team.
“Well, if people are too stupid not to not understand that – what can I say about it? Fawlty Towers has brought a lot of joy to people, why would you want to end that, “the Briton wonders.
Cleese also wonders whether it is wise to Fawlty Towers and adapt other parts of our culture to “contemporary moral standards.” “Can we stop looking at the works of Caravaggio now, because he once killed someone?”
In recent days, more old television shows have been scrutinized more closely, following the Black Lives Matter movement. For example, Netflix removed the comic program Little Britain, due to black-painted characters in some episodes.
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