Sunday, September 15, 2019

The Australian Dream

Its story and message are compelling - focused on Adam Goodes and concertina-ing out to contextualise his story and experience in Australia's historical and present day racism. The presentation was less so (not bad, but not as compelling) - the weaving through of the talking heads was generally effective, especially because many of them were not just after the fact commentators but actors in their own right (eg Michael O'Loughlin, Eddie McGuire, Andrew Bolt), but the reenactments sapped some of the interest for me and the overall narrative didn't quite punch through. Still it was worth watching.

(w/ R)