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Some thoughts on “Australmerica” which I saw last week:

• Australians don’t speak with half a potato stuck in the back of their throat.

• The wizard of oz is American!  Was this a test of how many times “somewhere over the rainbow” can be regurgitated before vomiting?

• The use of Elgar, was a nice ‘tear jerking” touch, but too much.  Where was the Australian music??

• The CGI contained too many mistakes, was too obvious and crude. Similarly you could tell when shots were prepared in the studio,the colours were unmatched and bleeding obvious.

• Does anyone say Crikey so much?  In fact, does/did anyone ever say crikey?
  (aside from that guy that played with sting-rays?)

Was this really a serious film about Australia? Or was it a piss-take? If it was indeed a piss-take, then great, it was a good one and great for a laugh.  But if this is supposed to be ‘Australia’ one can assume Mr Luhrmann’s Australia exists in his imagination only.

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