A Film as Honest as White Satin Pants!

I love the Australians for making such a ripping honest movie -

As hilarious as it was tragic, this film is absolutely merciless. And such is life - which is what makes this movie for me a real touchstone.

I found the music a little difficult, but then I remembered the word ABBA happens to be Hebrew for 'daddy' - and so we are 'forced to listen to "Daddy's music"' throughout the story... which made it a brilliant metaphor.

The writing is so distilled - every line has deep meaning - and the actors are well drunk on it. Finely directed, too. The story had me shouting out loud several times! "No! Yes! Holy crap!"

Australian comedy seems to be a condensed version of British black humor - the Britain's poke fun where Ozzies poke bleeding holes... I find myself choking on the harshness of it at times, but that's what comedy honestly is - if you look beyond the chuckle, the mere entertainment value... that's where the redemptive value lies.