An utterly brilliant play one of the best examinations, if not the best, of the Australian film/TV industries and the notion of Australian culture. I've read it a bunch of times and never fail to be impressed - it's fast, funny, everyone earns their keep.
The least effective part is Mike's girlfriend Helen - Williamson surrogate thinks about shagging her but doesn't... I wonder why he doesn't, and they don't use her more as a temptation-in-the-city figure?
Everything else is brilliant. It's got two of William's best female roles, the producer and the wife.
Marvelous. Still has the best defence of Australian culture that I've ever read.
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