<p>&#8220;Monty Python&#8221; alumni John Cleese slammed those he called the &#8220;wokes&#8221; and talked about the current environment for entertainers with many people sitting in the audience just waiting for the &#8220;thrill of being offended.&#8221;</p>
<p>During a wide-ranging interview for Reason.com&#8217;s January 2023 <a href="https://reason.com/2022/12/18/john-cleese-on-how-wokeness-smothers-creativity/?fbclid=IwAR0d9PL2VsNu_nW7lmMZG99KEjJ-cAnxdWEOeF1KQci9bD5AB-n3EjFh5QQ">issue</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cleese">83-year-old</a> comedian talked about political correctness and &#8220;wokeism&#8221; which he called the enemies of creativity and humor. The &#8220;Fawlty Towers&#8221; star said that &#8220;wokeism&#8221; is &#8220;the internal interruption&#8221; of the creative process.</p>
<p>&#8220;You think of an idea and you immediately think: &#8216;Oooh, is that going to get me into trouble? Well, that person last Thursday got away with it,'&#8221; Cleese shared. &#8220;But all that stuff immediately stops you being creative.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The woke people, I think, miss something quite badly,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The meaning of a word depends on its context. If I use sarcasm, then what I&#8217;m meaning is the opposite of the words I&#8217;m actually saying. If you don&#8217;t get irony, then if you take it seriously, you completely misunderstand the intention of the writer or speaker.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Monty Python legend <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCleese?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnCleese</a> on giving offense and getting laughs <a href="https://t.co/g6ukBw4Yg7">https://t.co/g6ukBw4Yg7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; reason (@reason) <a href="https://twitter.com/reason/status/1604432054317641728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;There are people sitting there who are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended,&#8221; Cleese continued.</p>
<p>The &#8220;A Fish Called Wanda&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/monty-python-alum-has-had-it-with-wokeism-the-death-of-creativity">star</a> also said he realized decades ago the importance of laughter in helping us heal with the struggles and hardships of our own lives.</p>
<p>&#8220;It takes us to a part of our mind where we&#8217;re probably healthier than we are at any other time, and it&#8217;s this thing about laughing at yourself,&#8221; the actor shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m not so sure that the wokes would ever laugh at themselves, no matter how hilarious they are.&#8221;</p>
<p>The famed British comedian has been very outspoken in the past about cancel culture and even announced plans to host a new unnamed show on GB news that he said will tackle it, labeling the &#8220;wokes&#8221; the new &#8220;authoritarians,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians">previously reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Like all people who believe that are purer than they actually are, they are authoritarians,&#8221; Cleese previously <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1579397566655262720?s=20&amp;t=uUR-qN7yGJAx40uWiVuwFA">tweeted</a> about his new show. &#8220;Which is why all the best comedians make fun of them.&#8221;</p>
<p>The comedian will work with political satirist and comedian Andrew Doyle on the show that will hit the air waves in 2023, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/monty-python-john-cleese-gb-news-cancel-culture-1235397650/">Variety</a> noted. No title has yet to be released.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians">&#8216;Beware The ‘Wokes’&#8217;: &#8216;Monty Python&#8217; Alum Defends New Show Tackling &#8216;Cancel Culture&#8217; And New &#8216;Authoritarians&#8217;</a></strong></p>

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