CAT 2024 Slot 2 VARC · Question 22
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that
best captures the essence of the passage.
John Cleese told Fox News Digital
that comedians do not have the freedom to be funny in 2022. "There's always been
limitations on what they're allowed to say," Cleese said. "I think it's particularly
worrying at the moment because you can only create in an atmosphere of freedom, where
you're not checking everything you say critically before you move on. What you have to
be able to do is to build without knowing where you're going because you've never been
there before. That's what creativity is — you have to be allowed to build. And a lot of
comedians now are sitting there and when they think of something, they say something
like, 'Can I get away with it? I don't think so. So and so got into trouble, and he said
that, oh, she said that.' You see what I mean? And that's the death of creativity."
- A.Comedians are being prevented from saying what they want and that is the death of this art form.
- B.Comedians must not check what they think and say. They must go where no one has gone before.
- C.Freedom and creativity are essential for comedy. Fear about offending people hinders originality.
- D.Creativity and critical thinking cannot work together. Comedians must first be creative, and later be critical.
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