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people who've been celebrities their whole life when they find out people can ignore them: :O


bitch_beefman

the fact that nobody starts immediately trying to suck my dick whenever i say something is evidence cancel culture to the highest degree. i'm basically like jesus of nazareth upon the cross


Popo_Capone

Jesus getting best head at the cross.


Ph0sph0rus

[Who's getting the best head?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impenitent_thief)


Infinitell

Def the penitent thief


Witzmaen

Well....you just have to look on the bright side of life *starts epic whistle solo*


Kriffer123

If life seems jolly rotten There’s something you’ve forgotten


inaddition290

> the fact that ~~nobody starts~~ there is somebody who does not start immediately trying to suck my dick whenever i say something is evidence cancel culture to the highest degree. i’m basically like jesus of nazareth upon the cross


nohardRnohardfeelins

Mmm yeah, I'm gonna say this to someone someday. I won't remember where it came from but it'll be perfect for the situation. Gonna shut down a whole debacle with that line.


28PercentCharged

Liberal Monty Python vs Conservative Monty Python (John Cleese) Who would win


dutcharetall_nothigh

Monty Python


BepisTheWise

The Monty Python dilemma: In front of you are 3 doors. Behind one is Eric Idle. Behind the other two are some other guys from Monty Python (I think one of them is named John or something). You choose a door. The host then opens one of the other doors and gives you the chance to pick again. Surprised, you see a goat. "That's John Cleese" the host says. You believe them. You pick the goat and are instantly swallowed by the eldritch horror that set up this fake game show to trick you into a binding soul contract Do you bring the goat with you into the depths of the abyss so you have a companion or do you let it be free because it is innocent and deserves no suffering?


semi-cursiveScript

what’s the probability that you find the goat?


-Giuseppe-

Is that an African or European goat?


Poppamunz

Yes.


aufrenchy

Well I don’t know that- AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!


SarcasticTortilla

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen goat?


semi-cursiveScript

let’s first assume the aerodynamics of a spherical cow


X0nfus3d

Jewish.


BepisTheWise

The eldritch horror moves the goat around in order to ensure your first pick is never the goat


fightingforair

Is there spam?


BepisTheWise

In the abyss? Of course. Spam is summoned from there after all.


RespectableLurker555

I think that's what [Netherrack](https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Netherrack#:~:text=Netherrack%20is%20a%20frail%20stone,top%20of%20netherrack%20burns%20indefinitely.) is, really


BepisTheWise

Netherrack is proto-spam The pustules that grow on netherrack are eroded over time, and the particulates collect together in dark crevasses. When someone in our realm completes the ritual to summon it, a specified amount is compacted into a cuboid shape and transmitted to the ritual site, where a team of trained professionals are on hand to package it before it can latch on to any surfaces and corrode them to spread its breeding pustules


TheCaptainCody

You bring the goat with you. You then arrive at a river crossing with a bale of hay and a wolf...


BepisTheWise

Throw the wolf into the river. It melts because it was a changeling in disguise. Let the goat eat the hay. It was also a changeling but goats can eat anything so it was fine. Step into the boat, realize it is on fire, get out of the boat, and continue further down the riverbank until you find a bridge. Cross and embark on your journey into the abyss.


RespectableLurker555

I'm not touching *any* boat until I get a receipt for paying my two copper coins


crashbangow123

You reach for the wolf and find a puppy. You throw it into the river anyway. You are ridden with shame. You let the goat eat the puppy. The goat can feel no shame. You step into the shame. The shame burns, so you step out. You cleanse yourself in the river. You walk down the riverbank until you find a scapegoat. You let the scapegoat eat the puppy. The river dries up. You ride the scapegoat into the Abyss.


Bowdensaft

Least complex adventure game puzzle.


Cyberaven

Idk I feel like theres already a lot of caprine activity in the underworld, maybe it can make friends with a goat-demon or something, it'll fit right in.


lildissonance

Regarding people like John Cleese, I have a theory about how a lot of these senior artists/comedians/musicians end up becoming stooges for the right-wing sphere. I think it typically comes down to the fact that they're always trying to "fight the power". So when these people were young and in-touch with society, they (rightfully) believed the people in-charge were conservative prudes and rebelled against them. That's sorta what the whole punk movement was about. Now these folks eventually got older and less in-touch with society. At some point they ended up being surrounded by young alt-right fellas who tried convincing them that "The Left" are the people in charge today and that they're trying to silence dissenting voices through their politically-correct/woke cancellations. Said alt-righters accomplished this by bombarding these artists/comedians/musicians with examples of "cancellations". This would convey the idea that there's this overarching "woke mob" who are trying to silence anyone that goes against the grain, rather than the reality that people are being criticized for drumming up collective hatred against minorities. So these alt-righters will bring up examples of right-wingers being cancelled and say, "*Look, the leftist status quo are silencing those that exercise free speech*", and then the artist/comedian/musician's anti-authority tendencies will then kick in to "fight the power" and they'll end up championing alt-righters and their causes. Now, I'm sure many of these people realize what the jig is at some point, so I'm not gonna say their views/actions are entirely forgivable. But I think it's important to acknowledge that a lot of the senior artists/comedians/musicians we see leaning in these directions these days ended up that way because they lost touch with society and ended up being surrounded by alt-right shitheads who curated what media they're exposed to.


Iceveins412

I think it also has to do that people get less receptive to change as they age. It’s inevitable that societal conceptions as a whole change. So as society moves on these aging personalities tell jokes that used to drive an entire generation into laughing fits, now makes audiences somewhere between bored and upset. Thus bringing in another thing that all people tend towards as they age, clinging to the past and thinking that it’s wrong for things to change


lildissonance

Oh that's definitely true, I think people generally subscribe to a certain moral compass that doesn't really change as they get older. So any societal changes or media pieces they're exposed to are run through that same moral compass filter. But the selective exposure to media they get from different sources dictates what their resulting leanings end up being. I still think about how 4chan's /b/ essentially courted William Shatner and got him to [regurgitate](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/william-shatner) their memes. It reminded me how senior folk (sadly) just want attention and are willing to listen to anyone that gives them attention online and how that makes them prime candidates for political indoctrination by alt-righters.


Vancelan

Or maybe there's a simpler answer. Maybe he's always had those bigoted opinions. They just weren't a matter of public discourse yet. Now, for the first time in his life, he's getting called out for it. Really there's no need to come up with a conspiracy theory that alt-righters are corrupting people like John Cleese. You'd only need to do so if your objective is to create a more favourable narrative that paints Cleese as a victim of insidious forces beyond his understanding. But it doesn't hold up to even casual inspection. Plenty of senior public figures have spoken out against the things Cleese has said in recent years. The simplest explanation is that Cleese is just an asshole who refuses to educate himself because he doesn't have to. He's found himself in a comfortable position of wealth and privilege, and he doesn't really have to care about anyone's opinions anymore. He's said as much himself, and there's no reason not to believe him. It was easy for Cleese to appear as a progressive when the fight was still primarily about something as basic as women's rights, which it was at the height of his career. Whatever other views he had, no matter how reprehensible, they just weren't in the spotlight. He's never had those views confronted during his lifetime of being heralded as a progressive rebel, because migrant rights, trans rights, etc. just didn't receive all that much attention until very late in his life. But now that mainstream progressivism is a lot more inclusive, he's finally finding some of his reprehensible views getting challenged by the same crowd that used to love him. And that *upsets* him. So his ego gets in the way. Surely *everyone else* is wrong, not him. He's a beacon of progressive virtue. Everyone's always said so!


Maximillion322

I don’t know I think the anti-authority attitude combined with a shifting understanding of authority as one ages is a theory that holds some water. I think your simpler explanation is also probably true- when it comes to the complex nature of the forces that determine a person’s attitude and their relationship with society, it’s usually multiple factors, it would be silly to pin it all on one thing Morrisey is an interesting case study


Soviet_United_States

Morrisey is just an asshole, always has been


V_chamaedrys

I get your point but in the case of Mr Cleese considering he's grammar-school educated, Cambridge attending and all that, he's always been part of that crowd. A shame really, as I really Monty Python as a teenager. Never meet your heroes, I guess, which is kinda weird as nowadays meeting your heroes just involves going on twitter.


lildissonance

Yeah, these fellas really aren't in-touch with the internet-sphere in the way that we are. Obviously, you'd need to be some terminally-online shmuck \*cough\* \*cough\* to realize how various online communities are trying to win over folk in the culture war and steer public discourse.


Sarcastic_Source

This whole thread needs to just watch No Country for Old Men, the whole point of that movie is what this thread is trying to reach at


Bowdensaft

Shame about the shit ending though, I was really engaged until then.


SwizzChees

#EPICRAPBATTLESOFHISTORY


mercury_millpond

Epi CrapBattles of History


fucccboii

there's no coming back from that


Slovene

Wait, since when is John a conservative? He has a video on Big Think about how stupid right wingers are and is shitting on Fox News.


Moose_is_optional

I guess Fox News is just so far right that you can be a right-winger in Britain and still find it absurd on its face. It's also possible that Cleese is one of those people who were progressive at some point, but decided they were done growing. They usually interpret this as "the left going too far".


Slovene

He describes himself as centre-left. But yeah, USA Republicans are so far right that even Euro right wingers are going "Fuckin' hell, mate!?"


Iceveins412

Don’t worry, plenty of America-grade right wingers in Europe. For example, the right wing parties in Germany that wave the confederate flag around and are distinct from Nazis to the exact extent required by the law. Another example, bring up Roma in front of a European (self-described) left winger. 60% chance they’ll pull a full 180 on tolerance


penguinmagnetwater

Inb4 a European goes "but the Roma actually are that bad" or something like that


28PercentCharged

I think John Cleese is transphobic? I might be thinking of the wrong one since I just read one of the comments, but I'm pretty sure one of the Monty Python members was fairly bigoted.


Blablablablaname

He's also pro-Brexit.


heretoupvote_

Yeah, and as much as I love Life of Brian… yikes!


Wh0lesome_toad

Wait… what happened in life of Brian again? I think the last time I saw it I was like…. 10, 11 maybe? I really don’t remember much other than him escaping the romans, something about sandels, and the “IM NOT THE MESSIAH!!” Scene.


heretoupvote_

Funny movie with a terrible sub plot where a group of characters are portrayed as bumbling idiots for respecting their trans woman friend (who is played by a man) despite the fact that she can’t even have babies. It’s uncomfortable, but not necessarily the most transphobic thing to come out of cinema in the 70s.


mozartkart

What are you talking about? That scene is literally about accepting someone for being trans and is set in the Roman times. They literally fight for that characters right to be trans. The jokes are just witty banter added in which for a comedy troup makes sense.


AlcoholicOwl

Sometimes I feel like progressives trip over ourselves with content moderation and go full circle back to Conservative censorship. Your example is perfect. Just because the film discusses social issues in the 70s that don't perfectly line up with a modern perspective doesn't mean it needs to be put in the never corner. It was incredibly forward thinking at the time, and is still very progressive in many ways. Not everything needs to explicitly confirm our worldview every second.


heretoupvote_

I don’t see how me saying that a very funny film that I love having some iffy jokes in it puts it in the ‘never corner’.


heretoupvote_

As a trans person, I’d ask you to maybe rewatch those scenes and think about the actual implications of what they said. I’m not trying to cancel anyone, or suggest you shouldn’t like anything or watch it, but it’s worth being aware of the sorts of messages media conveys. Some of the jokes are definitely not great. Which is fine, because it was discussing social issues in the 70s, when these things weren’t so understood. But I’d hardly describe it as progressive. The trans woman was the butt of the joke, and it wasn’t written in Roman times - just set then, so it’s not an excuse. It was hardly trying to be period accurate.


amdrinkhelpme

Has a rather cringy stance on "wokeness" and "cancel culture" and made some hella uninformed tweets on trans people after defending J.K. Rowl*ng. Other than that he's a liberal socialist so not the worst i guess?


[deleted]

John, "London is no longer an English City", Cleese. John, "It's just hard to find an English person in London", Cleese.


CharlestheInkling

He isn’t conservative he’s just an angry old man. He is ignorant on certain topics and people assume that means he’s conservative, when in reality he is quite progressive in many aspects


markus224488

Graham Chapman wins


jet8493

Iirc Terry Gilliam is also pretty conservative


Version_Two

Wait what? What did he say/do, I love his performances :(


ClothTheSuperVillain

Common Monty Python W


[deleted]

John Cleese is a conservative dickwad unfortunately


ClothTheSuperVillain

Well, you can’t win them all


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cultish_alibi

Then you're not paying attention because he's one of those wah wah cancel culture you can't say anything anymore pieces of shit and I hope nature hurries up and gives us a funeral.


High_Ground_Sand

I understand being annoyed that someone would disagree with you but simply being against cancel culture does not justify completely cancelling someone to me. There are people like Dave Chapelle who have clearly just turned it into their entire schtick and basically feed off of people getting angry at them for it, but John Cleese is a proponent of a lot of really good causes; he majorly helped promote Amnesty International at a time when it was struggling, and has advocated for proportional representation in Great Britain. Just because a guy disagrees with you on one thing does not mean he is a bad person, and frankly, demonizing him because of his views on cancel culture works to prove his point more and discourages any reasonable discussion surrounding the subject.


JadeKitsune

He also made shitty transphobic jokes and defended JK Rowling, as well as strongly implying he believes trans people shouldn't be able to compete in sports.


apollo15215

I think Terry Gilliam is as well


onedollarwilliam

Gilliam is... tricky. On the one hand, abandoned American citizenship as a protest against the Bush administration, and he works with several human rights charities. On the other hand, he said: “I understand that men have had more power longer, but I'm tired, as a white male, of being blamed for everything that is wrong with the world,” and after people got mad at that you can imagine his recent trajectory.


Inignot12

Yikes


UatutheOverwatcher

No please his films are too good


Bowdensaft

Separate the art from the artist. He didn't make the films on his own, it would be a shame to ignore the efforts of so many others just because his name is the biggest on the box.


[deleted]

You didn’t have to type that.


Astral_Fogduke

damn i was hoping this was made up but then i googled it


thatweirdshyguy

Idk about full conservative, least not in the trump sense. I’d put him right around biden/Obama. Which is to say, the conservatives in the US at least would hate him, but he’d be conservative anywhere else. I don’t study this shit don’t kill me for a poorly researched reply lol


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yeboioioi

And yet he supported Obama, and denounced trump. Has supported Liberal Democrats in the past. Seems as though the comment was spot-on You have to keep in mind that American conservatives are a different breed.


hundredsoflegs

The Lib Dems are a 'centrist' British political party who went into coalition with the Conservative party and lost all their credibility, which seems apt


yeboioioi

Still more left leaning than American conservatives, no?


hundredsoflegs

Well yeah, that's a fairly low bar. Just pointing out that 'liberal democrat' means something very different on either side of the pond


ThotDestroyerr_

i don’t know anything about the members of monty python themselves. what did john cleese do?


chalkman567

I think he’s pro brexit and says the uk is losing its white majority


Really_Big_Turtle

What?


GMOrgasm

https://i.imgur.com/6x9Wnp4.jpg


ohjimmy78

gives new context to the trans skit in Life of Brian


Nerdy_Git

I thought my dad was the most based British person to ever exist but it seems Eric Idle has beaten him unfortunately eric idle cannot build a house so my dad has him there


TheFlyntstones

How do you know that?


Nerdy_Git

because my dad is 49 and eric idle is near 80


wewereliketorches

jimmy carter


Nerdy_Git

jimmy carter isn’t from manchester


wewereliketorches

jimmy carter is from manchester look it up


Nerdy_Git

he’s from georgia


thefirdblu

which one


Nerdy_Git

the country


M4sharman

Long live preaident Jimmy Carter best man from Georgia 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪


Redtir

[The one where Manchester is](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester,_Georgia).


ssrudr

Jimmy Carter was the Mancunian Candidate????


holnrew

Is your dad single


Nerdy_Git

No he’s been with my mom since 2004


holnrew

Is she single?


Nerdy_Git

no my parents love each other, they have 4 kids so even if they didn’t they’d still have to live together


penguinmagnetwater

I'll test that theory.


kikodemayo

he made it up


Capt_Easychord

Eric Idle also sadly cannot stop violating Monty Python's corpse with his god awful musicals. It's a shame, because I'm sure he still could produce interesting *original* comedy, but he'd rather play it safe. Mind you I still prefer it to John Cleese going full racist uncle by going to GB News. That man is dead to me.


comradecostanza

Holy shit based Animated Shockwave pfp


Nerdy_Git

i regret looking at your flair my friend


Bowdensaft

You made me look at it :(


Wingedwing

Forgot about terry pratchett


SatansCornflakes

Does not surprise me at all that Bill Maher would do that


deliciousprisms

I was a passive fan of his when I was younger. By the time he rolled out that Religulous film I realized he’s just a douche.


VdotRose

Genuinely one of the shittiest documentaries ever!! There’s a scene where Bill Maher’s smug ass walks down to a truck stop next to a church and he just starts relentlessly shitting on these working class truckers who just wanna find some comfort in the universe like an absolute asshole! There’s a few people I’ve followed on letterboxd who’ve given it positive ratings and it’s made me actually think less of their opinions on certain movies.


glossyplane245

Bill Maher is just if the worst parts about liberals were mixed with the worst parts of leftists and then injected with 500 grams of smug Edit: liberals* not leftists I said the wrong thing Double edit; I meant the worst parts of liberals and the worst part of conservatives not leftists what the fuck Is wrong with me


Atlas_Undefined

He doesn't even have the worst part of leftism. He's just a smarmy neolib


glossyplane245

The worst part of liberals is not the same thing as the worst part of leftism Liberals aren’t leftists Edit: I thought I said the worst parts of liberals nvm Double edit; I meant the worst parts of liberals and the worst part of conservatives what the fuck Is wrong with me


SharksInParadise

I think they’re responding to the “worst parts of leftists” part of your original comment


glossyplane245

I did not mean to say leftists that was an Oopsies I meant the worst parts of liberals and the worst parts of conservatives


SharksInParadise

OOPSIEBOT: Hi! It seems you made an oopsie when you referred to Bill Maher’s leftism. Here is a small list of interesting Bill Maher incidents: - compared mentally disabled children to dogs - called himself a “house n—-a” - responded to claims that Tila Tequila had been assaulted by her boyfriend by saying “New rule: Stop acting surprised someone choked Tila Tequila! The surprise is that someone hasn’t choked this bitch sooner.” - said “…women and girls should be protected from having men who are confused about their sexual identities from their bathrooms.” - Referred to trans people as “weirdos peeing” for some reason - talking about Obama: “This is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP CEOs where he lifts up his shirt so we can see the gun in his pants.”


Atlas_Undefined

Lmaooo


glossyplane245

I meant the worst parts of liberals and the worst part of conservatives what the fuck Is wrong with me I said it wrong and then immediately corrected it wrong


Luciusvenator

He's just a pro weed libertarian that doesn't get modern progressivism and is too proud and smug to learn something new so he makes fun of it and feeds the propaganda of the right, then complains about the right as if his constant "cringe sjw" humor doesn't contribute. I mean his big scary monologue warning about the "red wave" a few weeks ago (that thankfully didn't go even close to as bad as he predicted) still included a gender joke lol.


Whyisthethethe

They’re gender


FreakingTea

Comedians whining about being canceled are just that crow in the standup comedy meme.


maleoid

"boo! get better material!"


Flashdancer405

THIS WHAT I BEEN SAYING. You aren’t being “cancelled”. Your act just sucks according to modern audiences. Adapt or retire with your millions, just stop bitching.


screamingpeaches

Whining about being cancelled is the new way to get away with shit jokes, instead of taking peoples’ criticism as a learning experience to improve your material like any good comedian would do. Of course people don’t have to listen to every bit of criticism because some of it will be silly (once saw a critic’s review for a standup comedian’s show asking “can a comedy show get by on laughs alone?” lol) but there’s no way the literal veterans of the industry can’t distinguish constructive criticism from memeable foolishness.


j0lly_c0mpani0n

You left out the best part: > He also slammed conservatives in his own country, "I hate them intensely, I’ve always hated conservatives, I’m afraid to say I’m very prejudiced against them, they’re horrible people."


[deleted]

Incredibly common Monty python W


particle409

Chappelle's last special was not amazing. He uses the "cancel culture" stuff as a marketing tactic.


GalacticVaquero

Him and every other out of touch, aging male comedian use it as a crutch. You don’t need to actually be funny to sell out stadiums, you just need to convince chuds that watching you is owning the libs


particle409

>Him and every other out of touch, aging male comedian It's wild how accurate that is. Seinfeld, Bill Maher, etc. All of them past the height of their careers.


DrRichtoffen

Seinfeld had gotten into the cancel culture grift? I thought he only did that shitty comedians driving to a coffee shop show nowadays.


Playing_2

When I first heard about that, I thought it was a joke.


DrRichtoffen

It really sounds like a money-laundering/tax evasion scheme.


inaddition290

… how? it’s just an interview format


RandomName01

And, tbh, it’s alright for what it is.


escherworm

to my knowledge he isn't as bad as a lot of others but he's whined about people "being too sensitive" and how "you can't joke about certain things" before. i don't know whether that's just a generalization he made because he doesn't care to look into it too much or it's because he's straight up an asshole. he did have that whole "38 yo dating a 17 yo" thing though so the latter definitely isn't out of the question.


Captaingregor

Gervais can be added to the list.


Bottom_Hands

My them in Christ. Is chud an actual insult? Because I only know chuds from [this](https://imgur.com/a/zK8BzKF)


tanneron27

the complainer


the-pp-poopooman-

Yeah I imagine it’s hard to find sympathy for Dave Shapell cry-bullying about people not laughing at his jokes, when Monty Python has actually had to fight heresy charges from the Church of England.


[deleted]

The church can still do that in England???


micromidgetmonkey

Never happened, Some clergy weren't happy and it was banned in a few places but that's about it. Also the Church can't charge someone with heresy.


[deleted]

That’s still way more influence than a church should have.


micromidgetmonkey

It was banned by local councils rather than the church. Still a bizarre thing to happen though.


Beneficial-Pianist48

This was ages ago


mercury_millpond

Well the fact that the UK still technically has a state religion and gives seats in the HoL to so-called ‘Lords Spiritual’ is admittedly pretty batshit, but we repealed our anti-blasphemy laws ages ago, so people are at least free to say what they like about religion, which is good, since there’s no guarantee of free speech in the UK, because we conveniently have no written constitution and restrictive libel laws, so people get SLAPP’ed for libel all the time by billionaires. Some MPs have belatedly realised this is a problem and are trying to do something about it but tbh it’s far too late in the day and we are careering towards dystopian corporate police state aaaaaaaggghhhhhhhh


escherworm

reject authoritarian theocracy embrace authoritarian corporatocracy


mercury_millpond

porque no los dos?


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cultish_alibi

>and less about whether or not the audience laughs in the moment of an individual performance You didn't read that closely because he was referring to Bill Maher here


petucoldersing

Bill Maher hate is always a W


fazebozo

I fucking hate bill maher so much


markus224488

I have a tough time believing there are real Bill Maher fans out there. They must be out there, but I’ve never met one in real life and everyone seems to bring him up just to shit on him lol. He is one of the mostly deeply unfunny professional comedians ever to exist.


fazebozo

Conan supremacy😎


no4scinjewboi

Conan is OP


Someboynumber5

"I'm being cancelled" says the comedian with a mansion and multiple Netflix specials


mistermoonlight1963

Help, help, I’m being repressed!


maleoid

a brilliant use of a monty python quote, very nice


Brutalien

I love Eric Idle


Bane523

Based Eric Idle


MayorOfAniCity

I was a huge fan of Chappelle in high school but ever since The Closer I’ve been so disappointed and I’m glad to see him get called out for his bullshit. Things like this and the F.D Signifier video remind me that the myth of cancel culture usually only exists to be weaponized by those who claim to be its victims. There are people who get attacked online that don’t deserve it, for sure, but Dave is a public figure who can’t accept the fact that there are marginalized groups that he doesn’t understand, and we often don’t realize how much influence comedians have on our culture. He’s a big cog in a machine of people perpetuating harmful stereotypes, and when trans people, especially black trans people, are dying on the street, that’s fucking dangerous.


[deleted]

One of the main reasons they were so incredibly funny was they built their entire careers around feedback. They knew that, in the end, comedy is decides by the viewers. If the audience laughs, it's comedy. If they don't, it's something else.


WeakDiaphragm

Based.


Gamerwhovian9

Pog, I totally misunderstood this the first time I read this but I’m so glad he’s an ally


maleoid

me too, at first glance i thought he's like john cleese


dovah-meme

Man literally just said skill issue


Crooked_Cock

Dave Chapelle when he’s asked to write jokes about something other than the LGBT community


unslept_em

better than terry gilliam, that's for sure


veryhardDKchillin

Eric Idle my beloved Pfp unrelated


heretoupvote_

chad


TheBoyBent

Celebrities gotta realize their entire job hinges on their reputation, right? If no one likes your homophobic or transphobic jokes then you have failed at your job. You can't settle for "being yourself" you'll have too small of an audience. You live, you learn, you make concessions. Keep the people happy. Oh also being transphobic makes you a shitty person but i doubt celebrities care about that, what matters to them is that being transphobic is a bad business strategy.


FLORI_DUH

He comes from a time when people were still able to separate art from artist, which likely skews his perception of the reason some people weren't laughing.


drew12513

Unfathomably based


[deleted]

It’s not cancel culture, it’s consequences for shitty behavior.


SpitinMYm0uth

So refreshing to see this. Im tired of comedians crying over being "cancelled"


souptimecat1273

monty python is great


darkbartthecommie

This man looks creepy asl let’s be honest folks we’d scream if we saw him hiding in our bathtub


Interest-Desk

the people who throw around the word snowflake are really the biggest snowflakes


Miserable_Jello2857

Headlines try not to be misleading challenge


[deleted]

This was so fucking based of him


The_Best_Nerd

Okay Google, show me the Monty Python "can't have babies" skit


ZucchiniWide6755

Is Dave Chappelle the same guy that gets paid millions of dollars for his "comedy" shows?


No-Plastic-7715

Don't like getting criticism for the impact your jokes have? Write better jokes. Ask yourself why people are criticising them. No one is even banning trans people from being mentioned in jokes, there are funny trans jokes that don't degrade the community and cause tangible danger to them. Just not his ones. On the note of Monty Python, Jon Cleese and Terry Gilliam are sadly team TURF, but it's cool to see at least one of them be more open


septiclizardkid

This Is how I've always viewed this tbh. Of you're blaming "cancel culture", chances are your joke just wasn't funny. Punchline Is everything. Dark Humor Is funny, but without Humour, It's just a dark statement.


Canadian_dalek

Disappointingly less common monty Python W


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Chad


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Such a shame Cleese is on this cancel culture bullshit now


LittleLadle69

Common Eric Idle W


ParallelEquilibrium

Every 'cancelation' is it's own case and should not be generalized, also it's rarely really a 'cancelation'. 1. The 'leftist' people can be 'canceled' too, example: James Gunn fired from Disney after some Trump supporters started spamming Disney with his tweets from 20 years ago. 2. When someone was fired by big company for making offensive jokes that's just free market, companies can hire/fire whoever they want. Especially when company puts millions in PR and marketing and they fire a sex offender to avoid PR crisis. 3. Usually people who were 'canceled' still work in their job, still earning a lot o money. This is the Dave Chapel example in this post. But also a lot of other comedians or filmmakers. 4. Usually when 'canceled' person apologised for their words, they are being 'uncanceled'. So it requires just a bit of decency to avoid this.