Monty Python - John Cleese on Monty Python's Lack of Diversity

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John Cleese @JohnCleese Follow BBC's Head of Comedy puts Monty Python's lack of originality down to a surfeit of education and racist bias Unfair ! We were remarkably diverse FOR OUR TIME We had three grammar-school boys, one a poof, and Gilliam, though not actually black, was a Yank. And NO slave-owners 9:26 AM-20 Jun 2018 2,274 Retweets 12,164 Likes 776 t. 2.3K 12K

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Nox Lucis

Jun 22, 2018 at 12:57AM EDT

"Monty Python's lack of originality"

See this and other things that don't exist. Here on the BBC!

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Kenaron

Jun 22, 2018 at 08:57AM EDT in reply to Nox Lucis

A lot of original things can appear unoriginal to later audiences if they're copied enough. And since every worthwhile comedy act since Monty Python took notes from them, anyone who comes by later will look at the original and say 'I've seen this all before', which is true but missing the point.

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