Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
“So much has been written about Monty Python. There have been memoirs, diaries, books about the Pythons, books by the Pythons about other Pythons, articles about the books about the Pythons, countless interviews, autobiographies, documentaries…so many documentaries. I honestly think there are more hours of documentary about Python then there are hours of Python.” -Eric […]
“Their namesake sketch series helped define Gen Xers, arresting their generational sensibility mid-eyeroll: sarcastic, sneering, derisive of authority and self-importance, yet also progressive, compassionate, wildly intelligent, and maybe more than a little self-indulgent.” -John Semley (from This is a Book About The Kids in the Hall) In the Late eighties SCTV was gone and although […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “…I realized that, even though I had been a young a**hole, I was right. No one should ever go to Drumheller.” -Bruce McCulloch (from Let’s Start a Riot) In 1988 a void existed in broadcast comedy/variety, with SCTV long gone and Saturday Night Live just beginning to become […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “A good sense of humour is the sign of a healthy perspective, which is why people who are uncomfortable around humour are either pompous (inflated) or neurotic (oversensitive).” -John Cleese No matter what John Cleese achieves in his life, he will always be remembered for Monty Python (even […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) Annually around this time, everyone and their pet dog puts out a list encapsulating their year into “Best” and “Worst” lists. When I was asked to do the same it became a dilemma: How do I select the “Best” book of the year, especially when I find […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Significantly, no matter how seemingly esoteric Python’s subject matter may have initially appeared to viewers, [Monty Python’s Flying Circus] always mixed an underlying erudition with surrealistic but ultimately accessible comedy, thus appealing to a legion of fans who – to this day – strive to ‘get’ Python’s myriad […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “I guess if there is a legacy, it is that they did support a lot of people and created a lot of careers. There was a bravery to take on things that most people wouldn’t necessarily touch.” -Wendy Palmer I am among the minority who list George Harrison […]