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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."

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Explanatory Answer

The main idea of the paragraph is that it is possible to create comedy only in an 'atmosphere of freedom'; if comedians are made to worry about getting into trouble for offending people, then that would mean the death of creativity. Option 3 is a good summary.
Option 1 is incorrect as the paragraph does not say comedians are 'prevented' from saying what they want to say or that this would mean the death of the art form. This option misses the main idea.
Option 2 does not touch upon the idea of creativity at all.
Option 4 is incorrect as the paragraph does not say comedians must first be creative and then think critically.

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The answer is 'Freedom and creativity are essential for comedy. Fear about offending people hinders originality.'

Choice C is the correct answer.

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