I didn't have high hopes for At Home with Julia, the short run sitcom based on an "re-imagining" of the life of our Prime Minister and her de facto partner. However, I have to say I enjoyed it.
Of course, it's absurd to paint the Lodge as just a big house in which the PM or her partner have to cook their own dinner every night, and seemingly can only afford one hired help during the day. But hey, it's just carrying on the tradition of movies which paint what's surely a ridiculously scaled version of the actual busy-ness of official residences. (I thought Love Actually was particularly bad in this regard.)
But the thing I did really like about it was the caricatures of other politicians - the Paul Keating on the speaker phone droning on bitterly about what happened in 1995 was particularly funny, and although I'm sure the Rob Oakeshott prissiness about what to drink after dinner was unfair, it also amused me.
I agree with the SMH video review - the best part of the humour was in these minor-ish details.
The actors who played the roles (including just the voice roles) did a piece on Radio National this morning, and it was quite funny. Go have a listen at the audio link here (not the video, which is just a promo for the show.)
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