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"Priscilla" - stage version
Shuggy:
I heard, second hand, of two friends who went to Australia and saw a stage version of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". They were astounded, in the scene after they broke down in the outback, that the people who gathered with them around a campfire and they all entertained each other, were all white. Sort of cuts the heart out of the scene. A very, if I may say, Australian thing to do.
Aussie Chris:
Um, are you saying by this that you think cutting the heart out of things is a very Australian thing to do? ???
Shuggy:
That too, I guess, but I meant leaving the Aboriginals out.
Katie77:
I dont remember all the scenes in the movie that well.....were their aborigines in that scene in the movie?
My son and his wife are in Sydney on their honeymoon, and have tickets booked for tonight to go see the show....from all the reports I have read, it is a very good show, and I have never heard mention anything about the missing aborigines..
--- Quote from: Aussie Chris on October 28, 2006, 05:50:17 am ---Um, are you saying by this that you think cutting the heart out of things is a very Australian thing to do? ???
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--- Quote from: Shuggy on October 30, 2006, 04:59:16 pm ---That too, I guess, but I meant leaving the Aboriginals out.
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Now now, thats not a very nice thing to say, making out that its an Australian thing to be racist......Most Aussies I know gives all colours a "fair go"....lets face it, there are good and bad in all......I have some wonderful friends, and a new daughter in law who are part aboriginal......
Lets just hope everyone enjoys the show, and no racial feelings get mixed up in what it is really all about.
Aussie Chris:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on October 30, 2006, 04:59:16 pm ---That too, I guess, but I meant leaving the Aboriginals out.
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It is quite distressing to hear you say this Shuggy. But rather than explore this further and risk being even more disappointed, I think I'll quit the discussion while I'm ahead and not ask for any further clarification. I guess I can thank you for your honesty.
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