John Cleese announces cancel culture series after Fawlty Towers episode taken off air

It's an interesting debate. There is certainly stuff in TV and Film that today wouldn't be allowed. Some of it also doesn't seem to be there to hold a mirror. Take the stuff from the Disney film the aristocats.

However it is true that certain stuff was there not to cause outrage but to in a sense make people laugh at the fact some people have they view.

While it might be outdated, take the character of little Britain that would enjoy stuff e.g. food but then throw up when realising it was from someone different e.g. a non white. The show lately had been criticised for what people saw as racism and while some might fall closer to it, characters like the one above where there to show how stupid people can be e.g. the character liked the food until they realised who had made it, the point being colour, religion, sexuality etc. Shouldn't matter.

I do also wonder if completely removing stuff is always the way forward. As I said some stuff can clearly have examples of racism but I wonder if warning people first as many films and series now are doing on streaming services, is the best option. I just question if we removed them is that like pretending it never happened and removing all evidence.