A bit harsh lumping Paul Fenech together with Chris Lilley (maybe this is a generational thing where Fat Pizza was the first time I had seen the western suburbs and ethnic humour on TV). Otherwise I agree that the inner-city elitism of Australian media is key to the under-representation of multicultural communities, and the reason why the Australian media is so moribund.
i used to run a fairly well known website that featured interviews with pretty much everyone from the bbq era. many of the observations mentioned here are why i stopped listening to australian artists a long time ago, the cringe is just too strong.
A bit harsh lumping Paul Fenech together with Chris Lilley (maybe this is a generational thing where Fat Pizza was the first time I had seen the western suburbs and ethnic humour on TV). Otherwise I agree that the inner-city elitism of Australian media is key to the under-representation of multicultural communities, and the reason why the Australian media is so moribund.
i used to run a fairly well known website that featured interviews with pretty much everyone from the bbq era. many of the observations mentioned here are why i stopped listening to australian artists a long time ago, the cringe is just too strong.
Nice overview of the Sydney scene for the past decade.
I tried to showcase a bunch of local talent when Hamilton announced it would come to Australia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laheiStcdSY&t=971s