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1. John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:18 JST John Bull

   The only good thing about a Fawlty Towers reboot will be that it finally demonstrates to a lot of people how critical Connie Booth was (on camera and off it) to the first one.

   • Faintdreams (faintdreams@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:07 JST Faintdreams

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     • FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

     @fuzzface @garius the original Fawlty Towers - though considered by some to be a comedy classic - was still super racist and sexist.. so yeah. I expect it will find an audience - I just don't relish the kind of discourse about 'Traditional British Comedy' that will occur.

   • FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy: (fuzzface@epsilon-ix.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:15 JST FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:

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     • Faintdreams

     @Faintdreams @garius It won't be the old Faulty Towers. Until we see an episode or two, it is difficult to determine if it will be something good or bad.

     Christi Junior repeated this.
   • Faintdreams (faintdreams@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:16 JST Faintdreams

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     @garius dreading the fallout from the new one which is sure to not be funny.. Cleese was in favour of Brexit and often bemouns being a 'cancelled' person 🤔🤨

   • John Bull (garius@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:17 JST John Bull

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     Connie Booth was the credited co-creator/co-writer of Fawlty Towers. She was an enormous influence on both the tone and pacing, as well as doing a lot of the heavy lifting on the actual scripts.

     It was not a solo-Cleese effort, and (to his credit) he's never traditionally claimed it to be.

     But people have always treated it as a Cleese thing. Maybe he sees it that way himself now. Age does weird things to memory.

     But without Booth, there's no Fawlty Towers. And more people need to know that.

     Christi Junior repeated this.
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@bae.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:53:33 JST Christi Junior

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     • Faintdreams
     • FuzzFace ☢️ :clippy:
     @Faintdreams @fuzzface @garius @Faintdreams @fuzzface @garius Racism and sexism is funny Shaniqua, get over it.
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@bae.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jun-2023 05:54:18 JST Christi Junior

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     • Faintdreams
     @Faintdreams @garius @Faintdreams @garius Cleese was a dumbass for supporting dumbass liberal causes like anti-racism and faggot rights, so I guess he got what he deserved :sip: