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Monty Python Great Mocks PC Outrage Culture, Defends Comedy

John Bickley

Legendary Monty Python comedian, writer and director Terry Gilliam has been busy promoting his new film “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” — which has been over two decades in the making — but not too busy to dedicate some time to taking more swipes at politically correct outrage culture in the defense of the profession that made him famous.

Last Summer, Gilliam — director of “Time Bandits” (1981), “Brazil” (1985), and “The Fisher King” (1991) — caused a stir when he offered a trolling response to Shane Allen, the controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, declaring that “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” would never fly today. “If you’re going to assemble a team now, it’s not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes,” said Allen. “It’s going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world.”

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