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“Well, he had his demons,” we say when we get news of another brilliant artist gone to their grave, if not directly by their own hand, then by bad habits so thoroughly indulged that they might as well have.
The literary list is long: Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hunter S. Thompson, David Foster Wallace, and more. Towering over them all, of course, is Ernest Hemingway: terse modernist, wounded veteran, drinker, lover, fighter, hunter, suicide, and subject of master documentary maker Ken Burns’ latest offering. And if
Hemingway is about the writer’s larger-than-life life, the series is also about his death.
What Does Australia Really Think About… hosted by
Kurt Fearnley, Noni Hazlehurst and
Casey Donovan, premieres 18 August, 8.30pm on SBS and on SBS On Demand.
Five-time Paralympian
Kurt Fearnley believes that people with disability are not disabled by their bodies, but by society.
Noni Hazlehurst, who first graced our screens over 45 years ago, is disturbed by the stereotypical portrayal of old people in the media. And
Casey Donovan, who shot to fame at the tender age of 16 when she won
Australian Idol, has had to put up with comments about her weight ever since.
This new series uses surveys reviewed by the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and La Trobe University to reveal where Australians stand on disability, old people and obesity. The results paint a clear picture of how stereotypes and misconceptions are still incredibly prevalent in Australian society.