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Wed, 04 Jun 2008
I am the leader of the land! Who da Man? - 11:25
Anyone else who has seen
Keating the
Musical is possibly laughing right now after that title. The show is of
course a musical based around the political life of Paul Keating until he lost
power in 1996. The mere concept of a musical based on modern Australian
politics sounds entertaining enough to me, however being a fan of Keating's
style (G'Day Scumbags) it made this almost necessary viewing. Jane has seen it
twice, as of last night Mum has now seen it twice also.
What can I say, it was a heck of a lot of fun. The band (guitars, drums, sax, etc) playing all the music was at times a bit too loud over powering the singers. The performers were really spot on with their characterisations and the songs all worked remarkably well. Jokes to be spotted in the lyrics all the way, some great political commentary (especially in the last slow song of the evening) and a highly entertaining evening out. I saw it last night and still have many of the songs ricocheting around in my head. Unfortunately the season here in Canberra is short this time (until Sunday) (this is the second visit) however it is touring regional centres and ending up in Sydney. If you get the chance I think it should be seen.
Interestingly your political leanings are unlikely to affect your enjoyment, Jane's boyfriend went along and has more right tendencies than the rest of us and yet he loved it and thought it poked fun at the ALP, however Jane, Mum and I all loved it and yet saw it poking fun at the Liberal Party.
