The War on Speech Is Turning into a Monty Python Sketch
The world is a stage, this we know.
Currently, the production is a farce. What was funny 50 years ago no longer can be considered so.
Speech interceded by absurd Keystone cops in England:
The most literal ‘policing of speech’ skit yet has cops turning up on British doorsteps to arrest people for “causing obvious anxiety” by making comments online and someone, somewhere taking offense.
Cue the first action: handcuffs for shit-posting, or what some people still consider to be mere opinion.
A poster for 1984 is seen in the drab background staging. The irony is overwhelming. The audience doesn’t get the joke. Director thinks of casting actual Monty Python and Mr. Bean cast members to get their attention. A hero is needed.
There’s no protection for free speech in Britain, and there’s no common sense registering on the screens either.
In reaction to emo-authoritarians, who’ve created stupid laws to legislate their thought crime policies, Keystone cop authorities shut down all those who dare to speak their mind or who haven’t memorized the latest edition of Newspeak.
The slapstick farce enters full frenzy — with hurt feelings and pies in the face all around — to test our obedience and situational awareness of the droll world stage. White coats and ratings experts take notes about the audience and consider adjustments to the duties paid on attention. Adjust the variables; increase intensity; see if they continue to adapt to the treatment with previous rates of success. Continue realignment of core principles until they believe snow is black.
Now the laugh light is illuminated.
The monologue ends. Actors bow. Lights fade.
Now the round of applause, as always, on cue.
NOW PLAYING: ‘SPEECH COPPERS, 1984’ The news-play that embodies the fulfillment of one of Britain’s darkest social prophecies — foreseeing an eerie end times for free speech and a shuttering of thought — is the subject of one of this season’s biggest productions.
See 1984 re-envisioned for our uncanny contemporary world and rewritten for the Clown World Theatres™ stage.
Thank you all for your support. More on the way.
Happy New Year!
Love, Aaron and Mel
