John Cleese is an English comedian, actor and writer, born in Weston-super-Mare in 1939. He co-founded Monty Python, co-wrote and starred in Fawlty Towers as Basil Fawlty, and wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda. In 2020 he published Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide.
London Real has published two episodes with Cleese, in October 2020 and April 2022, both under the title Creativity: How Modern Culture Has Stifled Comedy. The conversation with Brian Rose covers creativity and how he believes changes in culture have affected comedy and what is considered funny.
Both episodes are listed below.
Creativity: How Modern Culture Has Stifled Comedy And Shifted What Is “Funny” (October 2020). His conversation with Brian Rose on creativity and the state of comedy.
In his 2020 book on the subject, Cleese argues that creativity is not a rare gift but a skill, and that you can learn to create the conditions in which ideas come.
As the title of his London Real episode suggests, Cleese believes modern culture has stifled comedy and shifted what people are allowed to find funny. This is his view; others argue comedy simply changes with its audience.
From Monty Python to Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda, Cleese’s best-known work came from writing as well as performing, which is the background to his interest in how creative ideas are made.
John Cleese is an English comedian, actor and writer, born in Weston-super-Mare in 1939. He co-founded Monty Python, co-wrote and starred in Fawlty Towers and wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda.
His conversation with Brian Rose is about creativity and how he believes modern culture has stifled comedy and shifted what people consider funny.
Start with the October 2020 episode, Creativity: How Modern Culture Has Stifled Comedy. The April 2022 episode has a near-identical title and covers the same themes.
London Real has published two episodes with John Cleese, in October 2020 and April 2022, both on creativity and comedy.
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide, published in 2020, is a short illustrated book in which Cleese argues that creativity is a skill anyone can learn and shares advice on getting ideas to flow.
Official site: johncleese.com
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