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 classi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM on May 2, 2024