Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)

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Oct 16, 2009 Issue #28 Fall 2009 - Monsters of Folk By Aaron Passman Bookmark and Share


There's nothing you can say about Monty Python in six hours that can't be said in the five minutes it takes to re-watch the "Dead Parrot" sketch, but here's IFC with a brand new documentary featuring new interviews with all surviving Python members, their families and friends, as well as archival photos and video and rarely seen interview footage.

Like The Beatles Anthology 15 years ago, Almost The Truth is a mix of firsthand insights and fanciful retellings of a lot of things you might already know. Yet, as with the Fab Four's six-hour television phenomenon, there's so much information crammed in here, that by the end you may not ever want to know anything more on the subject. In that regard it's a goldmine for fanatics, but also a hindrance to the casual fan. Just like a magician who doesn't reveal his tricks or a casual diner who doesn't want to know the dirty mechanics of how a sausage is made, there's something to be said for keeping secret the gritty inner-workings of comedy. (www.ifc.com)

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Python made fun of the morals and values of culture. And attacked the stereotypes and anything society kept sacred or feared. an example they were attacked an bashed for their film Life of Brian by the Church. Christian Ideals were a constant staple. Meaning of life had the views of sex between Catholics and Protestants.