Life of PythonJohn Cleese smacks down trans censorship.
By Lloyd Billingsley
May 31, 2023
John Cleese has been planning a stage production of “Life of Brian,” and in a reading of the latest script, several American actors advised him to cut the “Loretta scene,” in which a man expresses a desire to be a woman.
“So here you have something there’s never been a complaint about in 40 years, that I’ve heard of,” the Monty Python veteran told reporters, “and now all of a sudden we can’t do it because it’ll offend people. What is one supposed to make of that?
Contrary to fake news reports, Cleese said he had “no intention” of cutting the scene, which involves the Grumpy People’s Front of Judea:
Judith (Sue Jones-Davies): “I do feel, Reg, that any anti-imperialist group like ours must reflect such a divergence of interests within its power-base.”
Reg (John Cleese): Agreed. Francis?
Francis (Michael Palin): Yeah. I think Judith’s point of view is very valid, Reg, provided the movement never forgets that it is the inalienable right of every man . . .
Stan (Eric Idle): Or woman. . .
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Francis: Why are you always on about women, Stan?
Stan: I want to be one.
Reg: What?
Stan: I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me “Loretta.”
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That exchange touched off no complaints for 40 years, but things are different now. As Bruce Bawer writes, the current trans movement is a “revolution against reality itself,” the dictatorship of the subjunctive mood (DSM) on full display.
Mental patients often claim to be Napoleon, Elvis, Queen Victoria and such. In similar style, if Stan now thinks he’s a woman, that is enough to make it so. This unreality is now enforced by government, the medical profession, the educational system, and the courts.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/31/life-of-python/
