By: Benito

Benito — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:47:18 +0000

From the reviews I’ve read the moral conflict at the heart of this play seems a strange one for an Australian playwright. As far as I know we’ve never had a high school massacre, nor a controversy over a memorial for anything in the slightest way similar (Port Arthur or Snowtown at a stretch.) Interesting though that the many known sites of indigenous massacres are never considered for such things though – maybe that would have been a more culturally relevant path to go down than the predictable ‘War On Tourism’ road (or whatever it’s called these days). As an Israeli I was talking to recently pointed out to me – Australians almost seem to wish such ‘world class’ tragedies upon themselves with concerns which to a native of Tel Aviv look ridiculous (removing garbage bins from rail stations, etcetera.) As she said – “in Israel if you want to cause panic just leave a box in the middle of the road,” as there people know it means something real, threat wise. Anyway, I didn’t see the show, so what would I know?

PS: don’t ever be shy in asking moi along Augusta if you’re short of a +1!

By: James Waites

James Waites — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:08:11 +0000

Just knocking off some other work and then I will write a review of this play too – WITH – Bang. The two together in an interesting ‘compare & contrast’ way….

Thanks Gus for another huge slab of passionate thought and thoughtful passion about those little Aussie plays you so love and care about. As opposed to the big American ones that I just adore – lol…

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