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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
A week into the festival, our reviewers have found some four- and five-star gems among Festival stalwarts and fresh faces. Read on - every one is a winner.
Geraldine Hickey, What a Surprise ★★★★★
Melbourne Town Hall, until April 18
A 6.10pm show means two things: you can be home on the couch by 8pm (ace) – but people don’t generally laugh as loudly (boo) because they’re only one drink into their night.
The Gainesville Sun
Grab your white wine! The schnecken beckons! This week marks the 25th anniversary of The Birdcage, the smash hit directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Elaine May, starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Dan Futterman and Calista Flockhart.
Twenty-five years ago, gay marriage was not only illegal, it was banned in most states. But on March 8, 1996, audiences flocked to see something unusual in movie theaters: a lighthearted movie where openly gay men were the heroes and a family with gay parents was loving, happy and committed.
The film not only gave Lane, Flockhart and Azaria their first big Hollywood breaks, it may have helped make mainstream the idea of a non-heterosexual family.
Grab your white wine! The schnecken beckons! This week marks the 25th anniversary of The Birdcage, the smash hit directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Elaine May, starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Dan Futterman and Calista Flockhart.
Twenty-five years ago, gay marriage was not only illegal, it was banned in most states. But on March 8, 1996, audiences flocked to see something unusual in movie theaters: a lighthearted movie where openly gay men were the heroes and a family with gay parents was loving, happy and committed.
The film not only gave Lane, Flockhart and Azaria their first big Hollywood breaks, it may have helped make mainstream the idea of a non-heterosexual family.