Culture John Cleese Has Officially Gone Over to the Dark Side

Into (Archive) - October 10, 2022
Henry Giardina



John Cleese, a once-beloved member of the iconic comedy sextet “Monty Python,” has been showing signs of Roganism for some time now. Today, the transformation is complete, as right-wing outlet GB News announces Cleese’s grand return to television by way of a new talk show with conservative “free speech advocate” Andrew Doyle. Its theme? “Cancel culture.”

Now if you know anything at all, you probably can tell that the phrases “cancel culture” and “wokeism” are dog whistles for right-wing pundits eager to point out how a changing culture is becoming toxic for people who used to make a living telling “my wife” jokes. Which Cleese is no stranger to: awhile back, Cleese framed his entire standup act around his expensive divorce from his third wife. And something tells us the jokes won’t be any fresher on the comic’s upcoming GB News show, in which he’ll act as commentator and presenter.

Obviously, it doesn’t bode well for fans of Cleese’s earlier work.

Including fellow Python Eric Idle, who has managed to remain a lovely person.



And even including…a past version of Cleese himself.



Let’s just pretend he’s been MIA since A Fish Called Wanda.





In terms of what we can expect from Cleese’s new show, well, this tweet sums it up perfectly:

 

[Markass the Worst]

Now if you know anything at all, you probably can tell that the phrases “cancel culture” and “wokeism” are dog whistles for right-wing pundits

If you keep hearing "dog whistles" then you're the fucking dog here.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Cleese will die soon but like Atkinson at this point I doubt either will bend the knee and apologise for their prior jokes. They're in the same camp as JK right now, they know what their critics want but have no motivation to comply.

 

[LordofTendons]

What does "Roganism" even mean? An excessive desire to talk about gorillas and DMT?

It's like Reaganism without the hair and eloquence.

 

[Jack Awful]

He hasn't changed at all, and his words have become more true with time.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I'd say to the author to go die in a fire, but with the energy crisis, he should freeze to death in his pod

 

[Trump's Chosen]

This is one of the best news articles I've ever read. Not only is Roganism a great innovation and a word worth using, it also produced this unforgettable sentence:

Now if you know anything at all, you probably can tell that the phrases “cancel culture” and “wokeism” are dog whistles for right-wing pundits eager to point out how a changing culture is becoming toxic for people who used to make a living telling “my wife” jokes.

Whatever this modern wordsmith is being paid, it's not enough.

 

[AgendaPoster]

Unlike the people writing for Guardian and the other britbong libshit papers, John Cleese and Morrisey are beyond everything, NORMAL. Which cannot be said about British urban modern society in 2022.
Now I do cringe at hearing woke and cancel culture, and they are the domain of cowardly scared centrists, but we cannot make demands that some 80 yrs old dude becomes an anti-troon kiwifarms shitposting militant, let him do his thing.
Also, comedy tends to be fucking impossible when the police comes to arrest you if you ask Loretta why is he wanting to be a woman.

 

[Long Tongue Silver]

Including fellow Python Eric Idle, who has managed to remain a lovely person compliant and think the correct thoughts.

What a cuck.

 

[CircuSphere]

Guys we have made it to page two without any Starwars memes or references despite the title of the article. Can we just take a moment to celebrate the fact that we are not Reddit?

 

[xX_rAcE_wAr_420_Xx]

This article doesn't actually explain what "the dark side" is, or why it's bad. It's just a bunch of references to other media, artists, concepts... it does zero arguing. In summary:

John Cleese was in Monty Python (which is good), but the author compares him to Rogan (bad) by saying that he's going to work with a conservative (bad) and talk about cancel culture (bad).

"Now if you know anything at all" (actual quote lmao), 'cancel culture' and 'wokeism' are made up dog whistles where comedians who make boomer jokes (bad?) complain people don't like them any more. John Cleese also made boomer jokes (bad!).

Here are a bunch of tweets where people say they don't like Cleese and think he's problematic (goodthink).

Here's a screencap of a tweet of a meme (m-mic drop?).

If you don't buy the premise that all these things are inherently bad, this article makes no sense. It's a gold-star example of modern internet reinforcement bubble, where it only exists to pat people who agree with it on the back.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

The way they phrase it just screams they've based all their concepts of morality on good vs evil tropes from media marketed to children.

Well, yes. And the irony -which I've mentioned before- is that despite their fanaticism over that media, they never properly understood it. The biggest example is how Dumbledore is censored and persecuted because he said things that were inconvenient for the government. Even Rowling herself has been part of the woke mob at some point, and she's only (somehow) speaking against it when she's found herself in the side that is also saying those inconveniences.

 

[Trump's Chosen]

What a cuck.

Wasn't the content of what he said for the journalists and cleese to leave each other alone, and to leave him alone too essentially? In that typical Idle friendly manner?

 

[Ponzo]

Roganism? Is he going to take a bunch of DMT?

I think Roganism is when you are conservative one day and progressive the next, depending to what person you are talking to. I think with Cleese that might be age related cognitive decline

 

[Super-Chevy454]

John Cleese didn't gone to the dark side. I said instead he saw the light and was red pilled.

 

[SofondaCox]

The last of the truly British people are on their way out the door. For the best, really. Better than lingering to watch the death throes of a once great empire.

 

[Burd Turglar]

The fucking thread title made me think Cleese passed away. Don't fucking scare me like that!

 

[Tasty Tatty]

I think Roganism is when you are conservative one day and progressive the next, depending to what person you are talking to. I think with Cleese that might be age related cognitive decline

It's more like when people assume Rogan is a RW conservative because everybody is a RW when you're to the (very far away) left of Lenin and Mao.

 

[Breadbassket]

A firm supporter of the Liberal Democrats for the record everyone.

 

[pikachudidnothingwrong]

"Retarded media hacka and comedy hasbeens complain that legend refuses to change his views on comedy.... news at...ah.. er.. twatter!"

 

[MirrorNoir]

Anyone got any Youtube links to Cleese's stand-up act where he goes on and on about his divorce from his third wife? Kind of interested in it now that I know it exists.