Australia Movie

Today we watched a movie about Australian Theater… or rather just Australia. It was stressed upon us to notice things like costume, props, etc., but deep down this was a documentary about Australia. I can see the purpose of the film in our class: to give a general look at the only country that’s also a continent to further our knowledge of their theater practice once we get to it (Jane said that was not the point of it, but she never said what was which leaves me to assume that it was the point). Basically the movie covered this: the government and the people of Australia don’t get along, some people want it to be the way it used to be, and the pornography industry is a new one there. I’m glad I have that information I suppose, though I would have preferred to watch some Australian theater to introduce me to Australian theater, rather than trying to explain what it was without any sort of actual theater material to go by. Still, the day was fun, and I got to know the Australians a bit better.