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Jan 08 2013

Monty Python and the Scarcity of Irreverence

David Free in The Atlantic susses out what about Monty Python worked so well, and why we can’t have that today. It’s a pity that the word irreverent has lost its weight, so that it’s come to seem a mere synonym for cheeky. The Pythons were irreverent in the deepest sense. They had automatic respect …

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