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Maybe I'm his audience. I thought the whole debacle was very funny.

• ashtonkem 5y ago
  The whole situation is just pathetic, not funny. He’s storming off in a huff because he maybe can’t do one joke from half a century ago? Like, if the joke doesn’t land anymore, write new ones? Cancelling your entire appearance because you maybe can’t do one bit that most of your audience doesn’t even remember and doesn’t know you planned to do is more than a bit self absorbed. At this point I find comedians whining about cancel culture to be as unique and insightful as a new bit about airline food. It’s usually not funny, it’s been done, and it is far too self indulgent to be healthy. Half of the time these “canceled” comedians make these jokes from their massive platforms, making the entire situation farcical. But it seems like Cleese has stooped down so low as to do entire specials about cancel culture, a disappointing descent into culture war bullshit for a comedian I genuinely like. I suspect that this entire event was nothing more than a PR stunt for his “cancel me” series, which has increased my eye rolling.