'Mr Bean' Attacks Religious Hatred Bill
Will we ever be able to sing "Always look on the bright side of life" again : ( ~ Raja
LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Rowan Atkinson (news) -- creator of the hapless "Mr Bean" -- attacked a planned law outlawing incitement of religious hatred on Monday, saying it would curb free speech and humour.
Atkinson believes the measure now passing through parliament will make religion virtually off-limits to satirists.
It might even, he fears, lead to prosecutions, not only for some of his own sketches but for others like Monty Python's "Life of Brian," which was criticized on its release in 1979 for being anti-Christian.
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