Yeah, a couple of things, the Australian philosophy department sketch had some shitty racism… and there seemed to be some stereotyping of Chairman Mao on the sketch they did live, where is was a quiz show with communists…
Depressing, because there is some brilliant comedy in Python.
The Romans stood for the English and were the grown ups who brought the benefits of civilisation to the childish Jews who stood for Palestinians (with their various acronymic liberation groups) and weren’t really to be trusted with independence.
It’s breathtakingly patriarchal and imperialist.
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It’s worth pointing out it’s breathtakingly racist about Jewish people as much as it is about Palestinians I think. Jaw dropping stuff.
Too true. It must suck to make a comedy and the reviews of it are funnier than your comedy. Which really does sound like a painful boomer-nostalgia shitshow.