24 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestIt's the big debate! Will Dugdale finally step up and say what he thinks? Or will he serve up the same crap the electorate is accustomed to?
As our third longest serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians. But now he's retired; a not-so-elder statesman with time on his hands to ponder the question - was it all worth it? Not that he's asking of course. No, his inquisitive and over enthusiastic ghostwriter Ellen has an unhelpfully insatiable appetite for the truth.
Writing
Micallef's razor-sharp dialogue weaponizes awkwardness beautifully.
Acting
Micallef plays pathetic grandeur like nobody else alive.
Production
The Dugdale compound: tacky monument to forgotten relevance.
Creator
Shaun Micallef
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shaun Micallef loosely based Dugdale on Australia's actual third-longest-serving PM, Bob Menzies—then made him pathetic.
The show satirizes Australia's obsession with 'mateship' and tall poppy syndrome: Dugdale craves reverence in a country built on cutting down the revered.
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