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John Cleese cut N-word from Fawlty Towers revival because people ‘don’t understand irony’
Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers ‘not playing with a full deck’
John Cleese said that he decided to cut the N-word from a scene in his West End Fawlty Towers revival because in contemporary Britain there are too many “literal-minded people” who “don’t understand irony”.
Cleese was speaking at the media launch for the West End theatrical adaptation of the classic comedy, which follows a repressed hotelier trying to control his chaotic staff. The TV show finished in 1979 after two series that are widely regarded to contain some of the best-ever British sitcom writing.
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