Monty Python star John Cleese has revealed he plans to ditch the famous song ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ from his new stage adaptation of religious satire The Life Of Brian.
One of the most memorable scenes from the 1979 hit film was the finale when Brian (Graham Chapman) and his disciples broke into the song as they were being crucified.
Cleese told the UK’s Mail on Sunday that he considered the scene “too predictable.” He said: “It was shocking in 1979. It was absolutely astonishing. “People thought it was hilarious, they screamed with laughter.
Well, nobody is going to be shocked now – the joke is 40 years old. “People do love the song but do we want to end with something that’s completely predictable?” And Cleese added that he will also ditch the scene where ‘Romans Go Home’ is written in graffiti, because the language is much less taught in schools now than when the film was released.
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