Lilley is a good satirist. In Summer Heights High and Jonah from Tonga Lilley reveals that Jonah, a complex and endearing bigot, is a product of his bigoted environment – Australia. But there’s a basic danger in Lilley’s satire: he risks reinscribing the very stereotypes he is acting out. Jonah Takalua operates on two levels: confirmation and critique. For some Jonah will confirm Polynesian stereotypes, for others he will critique Polynesian stereotypes.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 19:19:38 +0000
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