Dammit. I thought he was funny, turns out he’s a xenophobic fuckhead.
I actually already couldn’t enjoy Fawlty Towers anymore, the racism is obvious to me now that I’m an adult. It’s distasteful. I guess for John, it wasn’t just “the times” the show was made in. Ah well, plenty of not-fuckheads whose work can be enjoyed.
But that’s what I’m saying - I don’t think those kind of jokes are funny anymore. When I was younger I thought it was all in good fun, that nobody really meant it and that’s why it was funny, but then I saw the world and realised it’s very much not. The humour was drained away by the hatred.
Dammit. I thought he was funny, turns out he’s a xenophobic fuckhead.
I actually already couldn’t enjoy Fawlty Towers anymore, the racism is obvious to me now that I’m an adult. It’s distasteful. I guess for John, it wasn’t just “the times” the show was made in. Ah well, plenty of not-fuckheads whose work can be enjoyed.
He’s both: funny and a xenophobic fuckhead.
Although… I’m not so sure that he’s still funny these days. It would seem not.
Yeah, I agree. I guess I should have said I used to think he was funny. It’s been a long damn time since he said anything that made me laugh.
You’re allowed to enjoy something for what it is while recognizing it’s problematic.
Or follow gay humour where you find a bunch of fag jokes but you’re laughing at the bumbling fool/homophobic person.
But that’s what I’m saying - I don’t think those kind of jokes are funny anymore. When I was younger I thought it was all in good fun, that nobody really meant it and that’s why it was funny, but then I saw the world and realised it’s very much not. The humour was drained away by the hatred.