DeniTV Import: The Hollowmen (Australia)
May 3rd 2010 09:15
There is nothing quite like Australian humor. It's sardonic, sarcastic, self-deprecating, rough, and almost always good-natured. In my DVD collection, I have a number of exceptional Australian films and television series and one of them just happens to be "The Hollowmen".
"The Hollowmen" is comedy-drama set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit which consists of several men who act as a think tank, hired by the Prime Minister, whose chief focus is to get him re-elected.
But the overall theme of this brilliantly written show is that the Government only cares about how its perceived by the voting public instead of caring about issues that really matter. It's satire at its best flavored with the typical Australian brand of self-deprecating humor.
The television show is the brain child of Working Dog Productions who have produced such hits as "Frontline" and it stars Rob Sitch, Lachy Hulme, Merrick Watts, Santo Cilauro, among others.
What's hilarious about this show is that most of the "think tank" are just as clueless on some of the issues as the P.M. and it's usually a race against time to sway the public against negative press by thinking up the most convincing B.S. to satisfy the good citizens of Australia.
Leading the pack of these conjurers of verbal gymnastics is the hysterically funny Rob Sitch, who plays Tony, the P.P.S., his job is to protect the Prime Minister from attack. The show often finds him borrowing pens and writing down catch phrases that for the most part are meaningless, repeating points already made and generally making himself look useful when actually he does nothing but ride on the coat-tales of the men who are actually working. It's people like this that always have the important jobs.
So far The Hollowmen has produced 2 seasons of 6 episodes, with a 3rd on one the way. It'll be fun to see what the guys have up their sleeves in the next installment.
"The Hollowmen" is comedy-drama set in the offices of the Central Policy Unit which consists of several men who act as a think tank, hired by the Prime Minister, whose chief focus is to get him re-elected.
But the overall theme of this brilliantly written show is that the Government only cares about how its perceived by the voting public instead of caring about issues that really matter. It's satire at its best flavored with the typical Australian brand of self-deprecating humor.
The television show is the brain child of Working Dog Productions who have produced such hits as "Frontline" and it stars Rob Sitch, Lachy Hulme, Merrick Watts, Santo Cilauro, among others.
What's hilarious about this show is that most of the "think tank" are just as clueless on some of the issues as the P.M. and it's usually a race against time to sway the public against negative press by thinking up the most convincing B.S. to satisfy the good citizens of Australia.
Leading the pack of these conjurers of verbal gymnastics is the hysterically funny Rob Sitch, who plays Tony, the P.P.S., his job is to protect the Prime Minister from attack. The show often finds him borrowing pens and writing down catch phrases that for the most part are meaningless, repeating points already made and generally making himself look useful when actually he does nothing but ride on the coat-tales of the men who are actually working. It's people like this that always have the important jobs.
So far The Hollowmen has produced 2 seasons of 6 episodes, with a 3rd on one the way. It'll be fun to see what the guys have up their sleeves in the next installment.
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