They are censoring the scene in the theatrical adaptation of “Life of Brian” in which a man asserts his right to give birth

A warning that the ability of men to give birth cannot be joked with by actors of the acting version Brian’s lifeshe brought John Cleese, one of the founders of Monty Python, to delete the scene from the original script. It seems like a minor incident compared to the reaction the film caused in 1979.

Brian’s life is a satire of the New Testament, politics and much more, which tells the story of a resident of Judea, the son of a mother who was raped by a Roman legionnaire, whom the population confuses with the promised messiah. With his comrades from the Judean People’s Front, however, he participates in the rebellion against the Roman power led by stammers Pilate.

At one point, the militant Stan, played by Eric Idle, He announces that he wants to have children. and that from that day on they call her Loreta. The leader of the FPJ, Reg, played by Cleese, interrupts a session of dissing the other resistance factions, to tell Stan that he can’t have children because he doesn’t have a uterus. The commando members decide to support Stan’s right to have children in any case.

John Cleese (83) revealed to the audience at his play that the actors refused to represent scene in the theatrical version Brian’s lifewhich will hit London stages in the second half of 2025. Idle, who has staged plays based on the works of Python and, like other members of the group, has a strained relationship with Cleese, pointed out that there is nothing to do with this version.

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In a monologue, Cleese showed his amazement at the care taken by the actors to portray the scene in which Loreta comes out of the closet. “There were no complaints for 40 years”he told the audience. – And now, suddenly, we can’t because we would offend someone. Then he pointed out that in Brian’s life “There are many things that are strangely predictive of what will happen later.”

The premiere of the film was once surrounded by controversy. Production company EMI withdrawn from production two days before the start of filming. But Beatle George Harrison, a fan of Python, financed the production and saved the project. There was self-censorship in the recording so as not to offend Jews and to prevent distribution in the US. Its broadcast was banned in Italy, Norway, and there were protests in cinemas that showed it.