John Cleese is forced to cut famous Life of Brian scene about men having babies from his new West End show
Cleese told an audience at his one-man show last week that when the scene (co-written with the late Graham Chapman) was performed at a read-through for the new show in New York last year, doubts emerged. 'At the end, I said to the American actors: 'What do you think?' And they said: 'We love the script, but you can't do that stuff about Loretta nowadays.'
'So here you have something there's never been a complaint about in 40 years, that I've heard of, and now all of a sudden we can't do it because it'll offend people. What is one supposed to make of that? But I think there were a lot of things that were actually, in some strange way, predictive of what was actually going to happen later.'
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"Loretta" scene being censored from Life of Brian stage remake
zibzibara · 19/05/2023 09:25
ALISON BOSHOFF: John Cleese made to cut Life of Brian scene from show
ALISON BOSHOFF: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy. And it can be revealed that Brian, the man mistaken for the son of God, may be coming soon to the London stage.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12100471/ALISON-BOSHOFF-John-Cleese-forced-cut-Life-Brian-scene-men-having-babies-new-show.html
IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 09:43
They faced down Bishops, Evangelicals, the entire Christian establishment but not the blue haired mono-maniacals? Tell me, who's marginalised and vulnerable again?
IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 09:43
They faced down Bishops, Evangelicals, the entire Christian establishment but not the blue haired mono-maniacals? Tell me, who's marginalised and vulnerable again?
IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 09:43
They faced down Bishops, Evangelicals, the entire Christian establishment but not the blue haired mono-maniacals? Tell me, who's marginalised and vulnerable again?
Plasmodesmata · 19/05/2023 10:19
I don't see the problem with the scene. Judith even does the "be kind" thing.
But it lets you know how things have moved on, doesn't it - you can now criticise religion no problem.
IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 09:43
They faced down Bishops, Evangelicals, the entire Christian establishment but not the blue haired mono-maniacals? Tell me, who's marginalised and vulnerable again?
IcakethereforeIam · 19/05/2023 09:43
They faced down Bishops, Evangelicals, the entire Christian establishment but not the blue haired mono-maniacals? Tell me, who's marginalised and vulnerable again?
nauticant · 19/05/2023 10:16
Be careful with citing that quotation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Alfred_Strom#%22True_Rulers%22_quotation
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MaybeWednesday · 19/05/2023 11:44
I too am surprised he's succumbed to this. Surely he doesn't need the money?
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