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John Cleese hits out at political correctness after Simpsons Hank Azaria apology – 7NEWS.com.au
The Fawlty Towers creator has weighed into the representation debate in scathing fashion.
Legendary Monty Python star John Cleese has joined Simpsons voice actor Hank Azaria in apologising for hurtful cultural representation – although for exactly the opposite reasons.
On Monday, Azaria, a white actor, apologised for voicing Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on The Simpsons.
Two days later, veteran actor and writer John Cleese – whose 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers was embroiled in a censorship controversy in 2020 – took to Twitter in a sarcastic rant that pilloried cancel culture…
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