I can understand that Serious comedy is (as many before me have said) very much an acquired taste...
However, you can't look at Yahoo's work with an outlook to deciding if you love it or not. There are going to be parts that you think should have been done differently and that's what he likes. He thinks everyone should think about things for themselves.
I'm fairly sure that this movie was his attempt to get a very strong political message out to the younger generation. A younger generation that had not been told enough about their country's real history and so he thought he'd make a bit of a joke of that, tie it in with one of Australia's most loved heroes and at the same time send up all the stereotypic crap that surrounds nationalities. He laughed at the Brits while not so subtly showing his vote for a republic... he laughed at the Americans and their "gone too far" situations that the "dream" and eternal optimism can bring... he even laughed at himself - or Australians as a whole - for the idolisation of America, beer and the inability to respect the history of the land.
I realise that perhaps the average person who sits down to watch this movie isn't exactly on the look out for a political statement from Mr Serious... but that's definitely what it was. Take the humour away (that some of you find not to your taste) and you are left with a very well thought out and executed statement to Australia. Sadly... because it followed Young Einstein (genius movie in so many ways) it attracted an audience expecting the same humour throughout and the message was missed.
If this movie deserves a revival, it's now. Because on the 13th Feb, 2008 we are all saying sorry.
However, you can't look at Yahoo's work with an outlook to deciding if you love it or not. There are going to be parts that you think should have been done differently and that's what he likes. He thinks everyone should think about things for themselves.
I'm fairly sure that this movie was his attempt to get a very strong political message out to the younger generation. A younger generation that had not been told enough about their country's real history and so he thought he'd make a bit of a joke of that, tie it in with one of Australia's most loved heroes and at the same time send up all the stereotypic crap that surrounds nationalities. He laughed at the Brits while not so subtly showing his vote for a republic... he laughed at the Americans and their "gone too far" situations that the "dream" and eternal optimism can bring... he even laughed at himself - or Australians as a whole - for the idolisation of America, beer and the inability to respect the history of the land.
I realise that perhaps the average person who sits down to watch this movie isn't exactly on the look out for a political statement from Mr Serious... but that's definitely what it was. Take the humour away (that some of you find not to your taste) and you are left with a very well thought out and executed statement to Australia. Sadly... because it followed Young Einstein (genius movie in so many ways) it attracted an audience expecting the same humour throughout and the message was missed.
If this movie deserves a revival, it's now. Because on the 13th Feb, 2008 we are all saying sorry.