傳奇巨蟒喜劇演員約翰·克萊斯（John Cleese）近年來因抨擊“取消文化”和他所說的“鬧笑話”而引發爭議，聽起來他似乎決心繼續脫口而出令人毛骨悚然的觀點和糟糕的笑話，直到有人介入並製止它。但據《好萊塢報道》報道，這正是奧斯汀西南偏南音樂節的一個喜劇小組上發生的事情，當時克萊斯在發表了一些關於奴隸製的令人尷尬的評論後，他的麥克風被搶走了。
Cleese 與漫畫 Jim Gaffigan、Dulcé Sloan 和 Ricky Velez 以及主持人 Dan Pasternack 一起出現在 SXSW 的“John Cleese in Conversation”小組中。在身為布萊克的斯隆開了個關於殖民化的玩笑之後，據報道，克萊斯采取了防禦措施，並指出人們“忘記了大英帝國是 6000 年來組織的基本政治單位——英國人並沒有開始 [殖民化]。”
“我們知道，但你們都做得很好！”斯隆回應道。 “這就是我在這裏的原因！我不應該在這裏！”
“我們也給了你自由通道，”Cleese 回答。好萊塢報道指出，這條線引起了“人群震驚的呻吟聲”，但克萊斯堅持了下來。
“曆史就是一部犯罪史，”他說。 “這是一段強者毆打弱者的曆史，而且一直如此。這是深深的，深深的厭惡。但是假裝一個人比另一個人更糟糕——你知道英國人曾兩次當過奴隸，對吧？”
“[人們] 在這種被壓迫的行業中變得有競爭力，”他繼續說道。 “我們被羅馬人壓迫了，英國人 400 [年]，從大約 0 年到 400 年……我想要意大利的賠償。然後諾曼人在 1066 年來到這裏……他們是來自法國的可怕人，他們來殖民我們 30 年——我們在那裏也需要賠償，我擔心。”
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Legendary Monty Python comedian John Cleese has sparked controversy in recent years for railing against “cancel culture” and what he has described as “woke jokes,” and it sounds as though he’s determined to keep blurting out cringey opinions and bad jokes until someone steps in and puts a stop to it. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, that’s exactly what happened at a comedy panel at Austin’s South by Southwest festival when Cleese had his microphone snatched away after making some embarrassing comments about slavery.
Cleese was appearing on the “John Cleese in Conversation” panel at SXSW with comics Jim Gaffigan, Dulcé Sloan and Ricky Velez and moderator Dan Pasternack. After Sloan, who is Black, made a joke about colonization, Cleese reportedly got defensive and pointed out that people “forget the British Empire was the basic political unit of organization for 6,000 years — the British didn’t start [colonizing].”
“We know, but y’all did it so well!” Sloan responded. “It’s the reason I’m here! I’m not supposed to be here!”
“We gave you free passage, too,” Cleese replied. The Hollywood Reporter notes that that line drew “shocked groans from the crowd,” but Cleese persisted.
“History is a history of crime,” he said. “It’s a history of people who were stronger beating up people who were weaker, and it’s always been that. It’s deeply, deeply distasteful. But to pretend that one lot were worse than another — you do know the British have been slaves twice, right?”
“[People] get competitive about this business of being oppressed,” he continued. “We were oppressed, the English, by the Romans for 400 [years], from about 0 to 400… I want reparations from Italy. And then the Normans came over in 1066… they were horrible people from France, and they came and colonized us for 30 years — we need reparations there too, I’m afraid.”
The publication notes that “Pasternack repeatedly told the audience, ‘This is why your phones are locked up,’ and made a joke about ‘playing the Jew card,’ which, in turn, prompted Cleese to start to set up a, ‘Do you know why Jews…’ joke about a stereotypical physical trait. At that point, Sloan stood up and confiscated Cleese’s microphone.”
“And now you saved the colonizer,” Pasternack told her. “I saved a comic whose career I respect,” Sloan replied.
Yikes. It’s not Sloan’s responsibility to save Cleese from himself, of course, but it’s easy to understand her impulse to do so. He’s a comedy legend, and it’s sad to watch him as an out-of-touch old man refusing to read the room and railing against “political correctness.” Some might argue that Sloan should have let Cleese continue digging his own grave, but sometimes it’s best to just put everyone out of their misery.
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