{"id":998873,"date":"2021-11-11T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998873"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:14:37","slug":"john-cleese-cancels-talk-at-cambridge-university-cites-woke-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cleese-cancels-talk-at-cambridge-university-cites-woke-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese Cancels Talk At Cambridge University, Cites \u2018Woke Rules\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-cleese-cancels-talk-at-cambridge-university-cites-woke-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=998873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Legendary actor John Cleese has cancelled a talk he was scheduled to give at Cambridge University due to what he called \u201cwoke rules\u201d that resulted in another speaker getting blacklisted for doing an impression of Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/11\/john-cleese-cancels-cambridge-university-talk-woke-rules-1234871320\/\">reported<\/a> that Cleese\u2019s decision came a week after Cambridge University paper Varsity reported that Union speaker Andrew Graham-Dixon used a German accent to impersonate Hitler, using racial slurs in a videotaped meeting. Graham-Dixon said the act \u201cwas meant to be satirical and was not an endorsement of Hitler or anti-Semitism, claiming he had intended to \u2018underline the utterly evil nature of Hitler and his regime,\u2019\u201d Deadline reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the outlet noted, Cleese \u201cfamously impersonated Hitler while in character as Basil Fawlty in the 1970s sitcom&nbsp;<em>Fawlty Towers<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cleese confirmed in a tweet that he had canceled his speech at Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler,\u201d Cleese wrote. \u201cI regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologise to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me, but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply,\u201d Cleese added.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese had planned to give the talk with the Channel 4 crew behind his new documentary series \u201cCancel Me\u201d in attendance. The new series involves Cleese interviewing victims of cancel culture.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese has been an outspoken opponent of cancel culture and those who have apologized when woke mobs came for them. In April, Cleese mocked Hank Azaria for apologizing over his portrayal of Apu on the Simpsons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on (sic) Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people,\u201d Cleese tweeted. \u201cWe\u2019re sorry for any distress we may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet came after Azaria said he left the role of Apu after some people told him they were offended by the character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was speaking at my son\u2019s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,\u201d Azaria said, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/simpsons-actor-hank-azaria-feels-he-needs-apologize-to-every-indian-for-apu\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cA 17-year-old \u2026 he\u2019s never even seen&nbsp;<em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Simpsons<\/em>&nbsp;but knows what Apu means. It\u2019s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary actor John Cleese has cancelled a talk he was scheduled to give at Cambridge University due to what he called \u201cwoke rules\u201d that resulted in another speaker getting blacklisted for doing an impression of Adolf Hitler.Deadline reported that Cleese\u2019s decision came a week after Cambridge University paper Varsity reported that Union speaker Andrew Graham-Dixon used a German accent to impersonate Hitler, using racial slurs in a videotaped meeting. Graham-Dixon said the act \u201cwas meant to be satirical and was not an endorsement of Hitler or anti-Semitism, claiming he had intended to \u2018underline the utterly evil nature of Hitler and his regime,\u2019\u201d Deadline reported.As the outlet noted, Cleese \u201cfamously impersonated Hitler while in character as Basil Fawlty in the 1970s sitcom\u00a0Fawlty Towers.\u201dCleese confirmed in a tweet that he had canceled his speech at Cambridge.\u201cI was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler,\u201d Cleese wrote. \u201cI regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does.\u201d\u201cI apologise to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me, but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply,\u201d Cleese added.Cleese had planned to give the talk with the Channel 4 crew behind his new documentary series \u201cCancel Me\u201d in attendance. The new series involves Cleese interviewing victims of cancel culture.Cleese has been an outspoken opponent of cancel culture and those who have apologized when woke mobs came for them. In April, Cleese mocked Hank Azaria for apologizing over his portrayal of Apu on the Simpsons.\u201cNot wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on (sic) Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people,\u201d Cleese tweeted. \u201cWe\u2019re sorry for any distress we may have caused.\u201dThe tweet came after Azaria said he left the role of Apu after some people told him they were offended by the character.\u201cI was speaking at my son\u2019s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,\u201d Azaria said, according to\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cA 17-year-old \u2026 he\u2019s never even seen\u00a0The\u00a0Simpsons\u00a0but knows what Apu means. It\u2019s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought of and represented to many people in this country.\u201d\u201cI really do apologize,\u201d Azaria added. \u201cIt\u2019s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.\u201dIn July of last year, Cleese took on cancel culture directly, saying it \u201cmisunderstands the main purposes of life, which is to have fun.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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