The politically correct culture that forced Knott’s Berry Farm to quietly kill off “The Hanging” finds itself in the crosshairs of a resurrected version of the pop culture skewering show that doubles down on all the tasteless comedy, pointless bloodletting and senseless killings.
“I’m not taking any prisoners with it,” said Jeff Tucker, Knott’s Berry Farm show writer and director of this year’s edition of “The Hanging.” “I’m not censoring myself in any way. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.”
“The Hanging: Uncancelled” triumphantly returns to the Buena Park theme park for the 50th anniversary of Knott’s Scary Farm running on select nights from Sept. 21 to Oct. 31.
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Knott’s Berry Farm effectively retired “The Hanging” in 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the annual Halloween Haunt event in 2020 and the comedy stunt show failed to return in 2021 and 2022.
“The Hanging” ended its decades-long run amid increasingly intense negative feedback and the quickening pace of pop culture that made the comedy parody show tougher to pull off every Halloween.
“It’s been four years,” Tucker said during an interview at Knott’s. “We have gone through a lot as a world and as a people. It’s OK to be funny again. It’s OK to laugh again. It’s OK to have things that are not PC culture.”
Rather than shrink from the criticism and kowtow to upset PC sensibilities, Tucker is leaning into the disapproval and condemnation with the latest version of “The Hanging” that is even more offensive and over the top.
All the backstabbing, throat cutting and disemboweling stunts are back, along with the politically incorrect gallows humor that the show became known for.
“I’m going back to basics,” Tucker said. “I like things that are familiar. I’m not here to reinvent the wheel.”
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