WOKEY TOWERS
Daily Star|May 03, 2024
JOHN Cleese has censored lines from Fawlty Towers for a new stage version.
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WOKEY TOWERS

Racist terms have been axed from the West End production to avoid offending audiences.

Comedy legend Cleese, 84, said: "There is a scene where the Major used words that you can't use now - racial slurs - so we took that out." But he is frustrated editing was necessary.

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