Bleh-guards day out

A Fish Called Wanda. I don't know if I am blind to flaws in Monty Python and everything even remotely related to Python or the people associated with it because I'm having an affair with Mr. Monty, or its just too good to complain about.

Just look at this movie. It's just so solid - the plot, the characters EVERYTHING! Even the secondary characters. Look at Ken. Had it been another movie, he would simply have been portrayed as a lackey but in this movie he has his very own character: he is an animal loving sweetheart who kills old ladies. How often do you see characters like that? It's just pure creativity.

Not only that, but it's just so out of the box! We know lackeys will kill anyone to protect the best interests of their masters but to give them an animal loving personality, to make them cry when dogs die and laugh when old ladies die hahah It's the paradox of this conflicting nature that is so funny. That's the whole movie. It's not open jokes and laughter, it's not pies smashing in someone's face or someone tripping over a banana, it's like tiny little funny secrets hidden within that are so enjoyable. It's like you're in on a personal joke with John Cleese that no one else understands. There is the sexy and clever Wanda, there is the fish called Wanda and there is the wife called Wendy. One might start looking for some hidden meaning and co-relation between these characters, but if there is something Monty has taught me it's WHO GIVES A FUCK? It's far more enjoyable in it's connected randomness than it is in some hidden linking plot behind it.

The more of Monty Troupe's work you see, the more you realize how very distinct it really is. Throughout this movie I felt like there was some of John Cleese's own self being reflected. Yes, that is what writers do. Their work is a reflection of themselves but I feel that now a days, work of writers is not a sole representation of themselves. It is overshadowed by MANY things, like writing what the public would like, constructing simple characters that every tom, dick and harry would understand - in the process of which they loose themselves. Humour today is streamlined to a specific sort - the sort which everyone likes. That's why I love Monty Python because they didn't give a fuck about public. It was their humour, it made them laugh and they didn't feel the need to please anyone else. It is also why you can NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVERRRRRR find ANYTHING even remotely close to Monty.

Observe the intensity on John's face