11:45AM Jess McGuire | As you well know, I wasn’t overly impressed with Underbelly II: A Tribute To Matthew Newton’s Bare Arse. Of course, at the very moment I was declaring to all and sundry “This is it? Really?
This is
it?“, every television reviewer in the country seemed to be lining up for their chance to metaphorically fellate the program, so what do I know? Seemingly nothing.
I am glad to note that I am not alone in my Underbelly II disappointment though. A New Zealand journalist named Pat Booth who actually uncovered the drug syndicate Underbelly II purports to be telling the story of wrote a piece a few days ago about his displeasure over the program, and I think it’s definitely worth reading.
I don’t want to be a witness when tragedies are trivialised for money- making entertainment. So, no, I’m not watching the Mr Asia TV series.
The TV3 full-page ad – “The true story about a small-time New Zealand crim who went on to become the biggest crime lord in Australia. How’s that for Kiwi ingenuity” – just sickened me. Ingenious? Homicidal, sadistic, totally without conscience, a vicious criminal who murdered or had killed at least six associates – one survivor estimates 12 dead.
So someone’s saying we
shouldn’t be glorifying the antics of a pack of cashed up bogan drug dealing thugs with guns?
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