Whether someone can agree that Monty Python's comedy is funny and timeless or not is a litmus test of their sense of humor. I fart in the general direction of anyone who thinks it hasn't aged well.
It was largely absurdist and surrealist humour, its unexpected nature and surprising nonsensical shifts were a large part of what made it funny. It is therefore dramatically less funny on repeat watchings, and people chanting 'ni' for the 10,000th time have missed the point entirely, the only humour to be found there is noticing in how far they have missed the point of it.
While a few of their points and critiques remain relevant today, its unending and ceaseless repetition in memes and quotes only serves to undermine it.
Hey, "Brave Sir Robin ran away" will always be funny. And so will "look at the bones!" There's lots of stuff amongst the utterly unexpected absurdity that's still funny.
Most humor is like that. It's the unexpected twist that makes it funny. How many comedies really stand up to repeated viewings?
But agreed, making the most absurd bits mundane by repeating them endlessly does miss the point. It just becomes a case of, "say the thing!"
I suppose it depends on which segments we're talking about, but I was mainly triggered by some wokie on YouTube (who tries to be funny) complaining about "homophobia" and couching his wokism in the "Look, it's not I'm not offended, their humor just hasn't aged well." argument. He says that whenever someone tells a gay joke. "Ooof that's not gonna age well."
Whether someone can agree that Monty Python's comedy is funny and timeless or not is a litmus test of their sense of humor. I fart in the general direction of anyone who thinks it hasn't aged well.
It can't age* well
It was largely absurdist and surrealist humour, its unexpected nature and surprising nonsensical shifts were a large part of what made it funny. It is therefore dramatically less funny on repeat watchings, and people chanting 'ni' for the 10,000th time have missed the point entirely, the only humour to be found there is noticing in how far they have missed the point of it.
While a few of their points and critiques remain relevant today, its unending and ceaseless repetition in memes and quotes only serves to undermine it.
Hey, "Brave Sir Robin ran away" will always be funny. And so will "look at the bones!" There's lots of stuff amongst the utterly unexpected absurdity that's still funny.
Most humor is like that. It's the unexpected twist that makes it funny. How many comedies really stand up to repeated viewings?
But agreed, making the most absurd bits mundane by repeating them endlessly does miss the point. It just becomes a case of, "say the thing!"
I suppose it depends on which segments we're talking about, but I was mainly triggered by some wokie on YouTube (who tries to be funny) complaining about "homophobia" and couching his wokism in the "Look, it's not I'm not offended, their humor just hasn't aged well." argument. He says that whenever someone tells a gay joke. "Ooof that's not gonna age well."