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'Monty Python Live (Mostly)': theater review
In fairness, there is still much to enjoy in this show, which ends with a mass audience sing-along and a standing ovation. And there is huge warmth in the arena towards the Python team, amplified by the strong likelihood that this will be their last waltz together. It is hard to resent them this final cash-in, even if it ultimately feels more like a victory for commerce than for comedy.
Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
No matter how jaded or cynical, the opening to I'm A Lumberjack, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink and even the Liberty Bell theme tune itself can't help but send a shiver down the spine of anyone who knows about these things.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
I was a fan of Monty Python from the start, and it pains me to criticise them. But this is desperately lazy production.
John Walsh, The Independent, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
What would the old Pythons have made of these sad old chaps? They might have taken the rise out of them. Maybe we should we more merciful and just thank them for the old memories.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live review
Its not something completely different, but that's exactly why fans will love it.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 1st July 2014Monty Python Live: Bloody good, says Twitter
The Twitter reaction is in: Monty Python Live is, you know, a goer. Nudge, nudge.
Josh Dickey, Mashable, 1st July 2014Monty Python forgot their lines, but who cares?
They're all in their 70s, and the first night of their Septuagenarian Reunion Tour, at London's O2 arena, was their first live show since 1980, so they can be forgiven.
Nico Hines, The Daily Beast, 1st July 2014The other side of Monty Python
Taylor Parkes will not be traipsing down to Greenwich to watch the Monty Python reunion shows. Here he explains what has changed in the "disquieting, disordered, disruptive" British institution.
Taylor Parkes, The Quietus, 1st July 2014A Revolution In The Head: The Other Side Of Monty Python
There is, or was, another side to Monty Python. Back in the day, that celebrated silliness was only part of the picture; this was adversarial humour, part of the counterculture (in effect, if not necessarily by intention). Very rarely was Python political, but it was a protest all right - a protest against bullshit and bullying, sloppy thinking and humbug, a gleeful assault on philistinism and pseudery.
Taylor Parkes, The Quietus, 1st July 2014Stephen Hawking joins Brian Cox on Monty Python Live
Scientist Prof Stephen Hawking is teaming up with Monty Python for their reunion shows. Prof Hawking, director of research at Cambridge University's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, will appear in the show at London's O2 with Prof Brian Cox.
Chris Havergal, Cambridge News, 30th June 2014