STOP LAUGHING: THIS IS SERIOUS

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6 x 60min documentary
Screentime + ABC TV
Prod/Dir: Stephen Oliver + Craig Anderson

With a blend of social history, interview and comedy performance, this series explores the maturation of Australian comedy, unpicking our cultural cringe, poking fun at our national identity, confronting hard truths and uncovering our taboos with our greatest weapon – our ability to laugh at ourselves. Narrated by Eric Bana, the series charts the development of Australian comedy through social and political change. It explores the way humour has reflected and responded to multicultural Australia, gender issues, and politics. Each episode moves seamlessly back and forward through time, weaving contemporary comedy with early comedic performance, featuring over 50 interviews with the men and women who make us laugh.