Comments on: The Sarich Rotary Engine of TV

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:28:08 +0000

I wish everyone would get over the fact that it has been adapted for american audiences. Everyone keeps talking about how they “stole” our idea. First of all if the Creaters of the aussie version worked on this version it’s not really stealing, and second, look at all the countless shows we have “stolen” from america: The Biggest Loser, The singing Bee, Are You Smarter Than a 5TH GRADER(american), the list goes on. People should just get over it and watch only the aussie version if you are THAT upset about it. Let them have their version which will probably bomb anyway

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:38:30 +0000

“The Astralian networks and producers tend to give the same people the jobs and the new talented people don’t get a look in. We need to open the doors like the Americans do and the British to new talent and new ideas. In Aus we get the same faces in different shows year after year decade after decade they also keep it in the family.”

Richard H – my sentiments exactly. About a year ago Tribal Mind ran a blog asking for ideas for TV shows to see if the general TV viewers had any good ideas – the show ideas that came down the pike were astonishing. Too many of the people currently producing and writing Australian shows have been in the trenches too long to know a good idea when they see it.

By: Richard H

Richard H — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:30:04 +0000

not saying they are just that like earl they kind of get that trailer park stuff more than a middle class family acting like that. Because in the US middle class US is very different from middle class AUS.

Kath and Kim would never work because it’s real Aussie humor Yanks have a very different style, look at raymond and so forth they don’t get us much.

By: Grinspoon

Grinspoon — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:45:24 +0000

I think you’re missing a key aspect of kath and kim if you think a US one should be set in a trailer park.

KK aren’t the aussie version of trailer park people.

By: Stephen Bayne

Stephen Bayne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:18:59 +0000

I know there’s the whole tall poppy syndrome thing but I think the negative reaction is more about America’s ability to take any concept and suck whatever good was in it in the first place.

By: Richard H

Richard H — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:50:24 +0000

Kath and Kim should have been set it in a trailer park and the yanks would have got it then. Hasn’t Rick ever heard of the Ausssie tall poppy syndrome? Of course the media want it to fail they love bringing Aussies back to earth.

I’m sorry but as a writer an Australian should be able to write for any market not just our own and not be flatred by overseas interest, i would have thought that writing for an international audience would be the goal of any writer be it script or novel. Truth is in order to do that you must have an open mind and be able to adapt to any style..

K&K is good as are other home made programes but unlike the office, steptoe and son, man about the house, till death us do part which were all succesfully adapted to american audiences we need more quality writers and more producers with guts.

To e Astralian networks and produer tend to give the same people the jobs and the new talented people don’t get a look in. We need to open the doors like the Americans do and the British to new talent and new ideas. In Aus we get the same faces in different shows year after year decade after decade they also keep it in the family.

Wow what a rant!