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    W-B

    [41]Mar 29, 2008
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    topoopon wrote:
    How do you feel about slapstick? You know the comedy of people falling down and getting hurt? There is a big difference between reality-- what you are describing in your travels-- and say fiction or acting. So while I agree in real life a lady bleeding to death is not funny, in a scripted show such as Monty Python, the absurdity of peole's limbs coming off and buckets of blood pouring out is hilarious. I think on this, we shall agree only that we disagree. To you it isn't, to me it is. Lighten up a little.

    Again, I hate to disagree, but that wasn't "slapstick" - it was "shock humor." Meaning, there was no other purpose to this kind of blood-and-guts depiction (i.e. limbs severed and people bleeding profusely) other than it being purely for the shock value - and to debase and desensitize people to the real-life violence against their fellow human being. In a way, I can see how all this can be funny - to people so disconnected from reality and living in their own insulated cocoon, their own bubble.
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    HelloStuart

    [42]Apr 8, 2008
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    W-B wrote:
    topoopon wrote:
    How do you feel about slapstick? You know the comedy of people falling down and getting hurt? There is a big difference between reality-- what you are describing in your travels-- and say fiction or acting. So while I agree in real life a lady bleeding to death is not funny, in a scripted show such as Monty Python, the absurdity of peole's limbs coming off and buckets of blood pouring out is hilarious. I think on this, we shall agree only that we disagree. To you it isn't, to me it is. Lighten up a little.

    Again, I hate to disagree, but that wasn't "slapstick" - it was "shock humor." Meaning, there was no other purpose to this kind of blood-and-guts depiction (i.e. limbs severed and people bleeding profusely) other than it being purely for the shock value - and to debase and desensitize people to the real-life violence against their fellow human being. In a way, I can see how all this can be funny - to people so disconnected from reality and living in their own insulated cocoon, their own bubble.

    Just like "South Park"... kind of.
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    BandLastWaltz

    [43]Apr 12, 2008
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    HelloStuart wrote:
    topoopon wrote:
    My idea: Have Terry Gilliam create a CGI version of Graham Chapman, they could use samples of his voice from other stuff. How funny would that be?
    I think it would be completely disrespectful to his memory and everything he accomplished as a writer and actor.

    The decision ought to hinge on whether Chapman himself would have found it funny. The other Pythons knew him best. If they thought he would appreciate it, who are we to object? I like the idea of him appearing as an angel. He could mock them when they mess up and scold them if their skits aren't up to par.

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