{"id":13582,"date":"2019-11-18T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2019-11-30T21:14:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T05:14:02","slug":"monty-python-and-enjoying-problematic-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/18\/monty-python-and-enjoying-problematic-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Monty Python and Enjoying Problematic Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1647,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/socialjusticeleaguenet.wordpress.com\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/18\\\/how-to-be-a-fan-of-problematic-things&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251224200229\\\/https:\\\/\\\/socialjusticeleaguenet.wordpress.com\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/18\\\/how-to-be-a-fan-of-problematic-things\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 00:09:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 02:46:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 23:18:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 17:18:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 02:33:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 16:13:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 07:02:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 07:02:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>There are the Monty Python skits everyone knows and remembers fondly. Then\u2026there are the others.<\/p>\n<p>One of the interesting things about going through all four seasons of Monty Python (not watching, but stepping and skimming through as I <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/13\/editing-chapter-markers-in-mkv-files\/\">add chapter markers for the skits<\/a> to my rips of the just-released restored box set) is realizing just how frequently blackface (and full-body makeup) appears. It&#8217;s not every skit or even every episode, but it&#8217;s not just a one-off occurrence, either.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure this isn&#8217;t exactly breaking news, nor particularly surprising to those who have a more in-depth familiarity with Monty Python over the years than I have. I watched it in my youth, I know the most popular sketches, have watched and own many of the movies, and so on, but haven&#8217;t just sat and watched the shows themselves in ages (and I have to wonder how much the shows I saw were edited for US\/PBS broadcast when I was first seeing them). And while the full rewatch will happen a bit later, after I&#8217;m done getting the rips chapterized, converted to .mp4, and added to my Plex server, even this quick skim through has been a somewhat eye-opening experience.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m no longer a fan of Monty Python. But it&#8217;s another reminder that <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeleaguenet.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/18\/how-to-be-a-fan-of-problematic-things\/\">it&#8217;s okay to be a fan of problematic media<\/a>, but you should be able and willing to recognize and think critically about those parts that are problematic, rather than just glossing over them or shrugging them off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are the Monty Python skits everyone knows and remembers fondly. 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