Talk:Castle Anthrax

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I wouldn't say its invalid as an entry, but what exactly do the last three paragraphs have to do with the Castle in the Python Film? Some of the article is nonsense... but then, what do you expect with Monty Python?

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This article is nonsense. Amusing nonsense admittedly, but it's not encyclopedia material.

An excellent article but needs redirection to something like [Castle Anthrax (Monty Python)] and should perhaps contain a caveat: [Wikipedia contains Monty Pythonism]. This would allow the Pythonists to contribute without fear of confusing the weak-minded, the culturally bereft, or the generations too young to understand the importance of Pythonism.... user:sjc

Why should this be redirectded to a parenthetical title? Is there another more famous Castle Anthrax? We are also building an encyclopedia here - not a collection of Pythonism POV. Much of what is in this article should be boiled down to the basics. --mav

I agree, lets strip away the Pythonism, especially those last three paragraphs which I believe are just nonsense. No need to redirect. user:Greg Godwin

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The last three paras from the article;

It seems likely that Castle Anthrax became, possibly following the overthrow of Zoot, the Castle of Maidens, ("The Once and Future King" by T.H.White, Ace Books edition published by arrangement with G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1987, p.439) the "Site of one of the great tournaments, the evil customs of which Galahad is ordered to do away with." (Matthews, William, and James W. Spisak. Caxton's Malory. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983, p.835).

In view of its pacifist - indeed masochistic - tendencies, Castle Anthrax might have become labelled as one of the "futile castles" ("The Once and Future King" by T.H.White, Ace Books edition published by arrangement with G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1987, p.500) " although some believe that to be a dismissive reference to ancient Celtic ring-forts.

Castle Blanc is named as the place where Lancelot resided during the two year period of his madness ("Caxton's Malory" by Matthews, William, and James W. Spisak, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1983, pp.817 and 843). It seems likely that he was certified as mad soon after word got round that he had rescued Galahad from supposed peril at Castle Anthrax when he could easily have joined him for a few hours of customary discipline and, in all probability, have obtained some exciting underwear for the Knights and their damsels, not to mention a GB plate for his horse. This should help scholars to ascertain the year in which Zoot and Dingo were born and their relationship to Annabelle des Plusieurs-Étés, known to modern scholars of English history more simply as "Ann Summers".

This seems like a bunch of guessing or at best original research. Either way it is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. --mav

It appears some of this information can be verified from http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/thwhite.htm. However, the link between this and the Python film is dubious. Especially the last line, "Ann Summers" indeed! user:Greg Godwin

Also lets look at moving the second paragraph to talk... It's not really related to the film - Greg Godwin

Castle Anthrax is believed to have stood only a few days" ride from Camelot, but the location of the latter is far from certain - Camelot was the traditional site of Arthur's court, with several locations including Cadbury, Caerleon, Winchester, and Carlisle mooted ("The Once and Future King" by T.H.White, Ace Books edition published by arrangement with G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1987, p.56).

I don't know if the non-brits know this, but "Ann Summers" is a British chain of high-street sex shops. The writer of the article is taking the mickey. -- Tarquin

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OK, that's trimmed it down by removing some more nonsense. However, this is still only a paraphrase of Scene 11 from Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- are we going to have a paraphrase of every funny scene from every movie?

of course not, but I think its legitimate to paraphrase from the film, because it relates directly to it, unlike the other paragraphs which have little solid link to the film. Greg Godwin