John Cleese says woke people have no sense of humor and are killing comedy!
LONDON, England (PNN) - August 5, 2020 - Legendary British comedian John Cleese has hit out at permanently offended woke people, insisting that they have no sense of humor and are contributing to the death of comedy.
In an appearance on the Daily Beast’s The Last Laugh Podcast, Cleese noted that woke people simply do not understand the intricacies of comedy.
“There’s plenty of people who are PC now who have absolutely zero sense of humor. I would love to debate, in a friendly way, a couple of ‘woke’ people in front of an audience; and I think the first thing I would say is, please tell me a good ‘woke’ joke,” Cleese urged.
What they don’t understand is that there’s two types of teasing,” Cleese continued, noting that “There’s really nasty teasing, which is horrible, and we shouldn’t do it, full stop. But the other type of teasing is affectionate. You can tease people hugely affectionately and it’s a bonding mechanism.”
“All humor is critical. You cannot get laughs out of perfect human beings,” Cleese continued, adding, “If you’ve got someone up on the screen who is perfect, intelligent and kind and flexible and a good person, there’s nothing funny about that. So we only laugh at people’s frailties, but that’s not cruel. You can laugh at people’s frailties in very funny and generous ways.”
Cleese was recently at the center of a “woke” storm when his Fawlty Towers show, made some 40 years ago, was temporarily canceled after complaints that it featured a “racist” character.
Cleese called the BBC “cowardly and gutless” for removing an episode of the show, pointing out that the racist character in question was the target of ridicule in the show.
Cleese has previously warned that political correctness will lead to the death of comedy, noting, “If you start to say we mustn’t, we mustn’t criticize or offend them then humor is gone. With humor goes a sense of proportion; and then as far as I’m concerned you’re living in 1984.”
Cleese has been acutely aware of the threat cancel culture poses for decades.
After daring to question the diversity overlords, Cleese also recently found himself being labeled a racist.
His staunch refusal to deviate from his views has made Cleese the target of harassment.
Ed. Note: Thank God for people like John Cleese, who are not afraid to say what is true in the face of a growing culture of ostriches who stick their heads in the ground in order to avoid anything that might upset their notions of what a perfect society should be.
