John Cleese says ‘literal-minded’ people have ruined comedy because they ‘don’t understand irony’

May 3rd 2024 4:29am EDT

‘Literal minded’ people have ruined comedy by failing to understand ‘metaphor, irony and exaggeration’ and missing the punchline, John Cleese has claimed. Speaking ahead of the launch of his stage adaptation of classic British comedy Fawlty Towers, Cleese revealed the difficulties he had getting the script off the ground with concern about how some language […]

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