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| John Cleese censored in Austin for complaints about Aqueduct-builders |
| 2022-03-13 |
| real article title: John Cleese has his microphone taken away at South by Southwest festival for saying that Britain should get 'reparations from Italy and France' for Romans and Normans enslaving Britons [Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Comedy legend John Cleese had his microphone confiscated at the South by Southwest festival during a comedic discussion in which he suggested Italy and France owed historic reparations for enslaving Brits. The Monty Python icon, 82, was riffing with other comics in front of the crowd in Texas when he talked about the 'competition' between cultures over who has been more oppressed by colonisations throughout history. Pointing to world history being 'a history of crime', he added: '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? Cleese explained: '[People] get competitive about this business of being oppressed. We were oppressed, the English, by the Romans from about 0 to 400.' Despite the event being labelled a 'comedy panel', his remarks sparked horrified reactions and an awkward environment for those in attendance. At one stage Cleese even had his microphone confiscated by American comic Dulcé Sloan, who said she did it to 'save a comic whose career I respect', per The Hollywood Reporter. 'And now you saved the colonizer,' Pasternack said. 'I saved a comic whose career I respect,' Sloan fired back. Cleese rebutted claims that the British Empire was the first to colonise communities from other states throughout his 90-minute performance entitled 'John Cleese in Conversation.' The British comic insisted England was owed 'reparations' from both Italy and France, referring to the historic invasions of the Romans, and 1000 years later by the Normans under William the Conqueror. 'I want reparations from Italy', he told the stunned crowd. 'And then the Normans came over in 1066... they were horrible people from France and they colonised us for 30 years and we need reparations there too, I'm afraid'. His fellow comedians speaking at the event, Jim Gaffigan, Dulcé Sloan and moderator Dan Pasternack all unsuccessfully attempted to draw Cleese away from his rant. Pasternack even explained to the audience at one point: 'And this is why your phones are locked up'. As tempers started to flare, Sloan grabbed out and temporarily confiscated Cleese's microphone to cheers and applause from sections of the audience, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Speaking after the ordeal, Cleese explained his actions by saying: 'The thing is, I'm going to be dead soon. That's why I'm in favour of global warming - I don't want to be cold ever again'. To which Pasternack jokingly replied: 'Where you're going you won't be!' One thing I hate the modern clergy for is they've destroyed humor alongside their quest to destroy history. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #14 ...can't even take the time to find out where the word 'slave' originated. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-03-13 18:41 |
| #13 Wikipedia: Dulcé Lazaria Sloan is an American stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She is a correspondent for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central. Black female, according to her photo. Born in 1983, which I suppose explains why she didn’t realize slavery is not an experience unique to African-Americans. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-13 15:42 |
| #12 I think I had a Dulce Sloan once in Cancun at Senor Frog's. I was pretty plastered though so can't be sure |
| Posted by: Jack Is Back 2022-03-13 14:51 |
| #11 He should have slapped the ever-loving crap out of "Dulce Sloan", whoever that is. Then moved on to slap the "moderator", and continued by slapping everyone in the audience who was "horrified". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-03-13 14:48 |
| #10 College Station is better positioned geographically. Plus it would help if the TX legislators were forced to stand throughout each day's sessions, like the 12th Man |
| Posted by: Jack Is Back 2022-03-13 14:07 |
| #9 ^#6 - Denton is closing fast on Austin and even Dallas is making a run. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-03-13 13:39 |
| #8 Progressives have no sense of humor (or even of humour.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-03-13 13:38 |
| #7 Texas should expel Austin, move the capital to Waco or College Station |
| Posted by: Jack Is Back 2022-03-13 13:20 |
| #6 Austin, Texas SXSW, You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-03-13 13:08 |
| #5 Cleese has been in the Wokesters gun sights before John Cleese Sparks Backlash Over Transphobic Tweets in Defense of J.K. Rowling ...When another user asked Cleese, “Why the fuck can’t you just let people be who they want to be?” he responded with, “Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman. Is that allowed, or am I being unrealistic?” |
| Posted by: Porthos 2022-03-13 13:01 |
| #4 Just in case someone isn't sure who the baddies are. The Ministry of Funny Walks was not an instruction manual. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-03-13 12:47 |
| #3 The narrative uber alles. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-03-13 12:36 |
| #2 This is what happens when you make fun of leftist religion. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-03-13 11:27 |
| #1 ...what have the Romans done for us? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-03-13 11:05 |