Transcribed, and De-culturalized - the Downwind Media Tourism Australia advert spoof
Thanks to Daniel Ilic, Executive Producer (woo-oah!!) at Downwind.Media for being ever so nice as to help me out with this...
I talked about the Downwind Media spoof earlier here (see Australian news, for Singaporeans), and while i must say that most of u should have been entertained by it, i am sure that a lot of u (well, at least me) will probably be somewhat clued out on some of the subtleties within the spoof (for example - did that guy say "youse"??? (vs "you", in that last line of the video, before he gets beat up))
And so it is with Dan's help that i proudly present the following to u...
The script of the spoof (hey!!! - this is from the horse's own mouth...), transcribed, and de-culturalized for all to understand and follow!!:
Let's just watch the video once again, shall we?:
And then let's talk about the script....:
The first line goes: "We've packed you a cone!"
Now whatever the fucking hell does that mean??? As explained by Dan: "It's the australian tern for packing a bong or smoking a bowl.." (more information about smoking a bowl, or what is a bong)
The next few lines go (I think u should probably catch these - but for completeness's sake, i am putting these down):
"we've got the ethnics off the beach
we've got you some free accommodation
and the dingos are well fed
and our human rights record has been improving for over two hundred years
so where the fucking hell are youse?"
And now for that "youse" bit....
As explained by Daniel -
(quote):
ahh.. right.. well that's a very esoteric joke for Australians
There once was a very famous Australian Boxer who was Lebanese of decent - Jeff Fenech.
He became very famous in the 80's and did lots of Television Commercials for various products.
His famous catch phrase was "I love Youse All!". Not because he thought that I would be good to have a unique catch phrase, but because he had a funny accent! So that became the stereotype for wog (ethnic) humor in Australia, creating plurals out of words that don't exist.
In Australia we have a large population of people who are decedents of Lebanese, Greek, Italian, Yougoslav, and other Mediterranean countries, the colloquial term used in australia is wogs. Whilst in the UK the term wog is held in the same esteeem as the word nigger is in America, the word wog in Australia is an almost friendly word used to describe vast groups of people. ...
The "youse" is an un-necessary plural of "you" for comic effect, making fun of any wog's accent.
:(end quote)
So there u have it!!! At least (i know i am!!) u are now more clued in!! ;) Now go out there, and enjoy the rest of your weekend... I leave u (i always have the final word around here, dont i??? ;)) with one final, thought-provoking quote... :
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
-- Paulo Freire, educator
I talked about the Downwind Media spoof earlier here (see Australian news, for Singaporeans), and while i must say that most of u should have been entertained by it, i am sure that a lot of u (well, at least me) will probably be somewhat clued out on some of the subtleties within the spoof (for example - did that guy say "youse"??? (vs "you", in that last line of the video, before he gets beat up))
And so it is with Dan's help that i proudly present the following to u...
The script of the spoof (hey!!! - this is from the horse's own mouth...), transcribed, and de-culturalized for all to understand and follow!!:
Let's just watch the video once again, shall we?:
And then let's talk about the script....:
The first line goes: "We've packed you a cone!"
Now whatever the fucking hell does that mean??? As explained by Dan: "It's the australian tern for packing a bong or smoking a bowl.." (more information about smoking a bowl, or what is a bong)
The next few lines go (I think u should probably catch these - but for completeness's sake, i am putting these down):
"we've got the ethnics off the beach
we've got you some free accommodation
and the dingos are well fed
and our human rights record has been improving for over two hundred years
so where the fucking hell are youse?"
And now for that "youse" bit....
As explained by Daniel -
(quote):
ahh.. right.. well that's a very esoteric joke for Australians
There once was a very famous Australian Boxer who was Lebanese of decent - Jeff Fenech.
He became very famous in the 80's and did lots of Television Commercials for various products.
His famous catch phrase was "I love Youse All!". Not because he thought that I would be good to have a unique catch phrase, but because he had a funny accent! So that became the stereotype for wog (ethnic) humor in Australia, creating plurals out of words that don't exist.
In Australia we have a large population of people who are decedents of Lebanese, Greek, Italian, Yougoslav, and other Mediterranean countries, the colloquial term used in australia is wogs. Whilst in the UK the term wog is held in the same esteeem as the word nigger is in America, the word wog in Australia is an almost friendly word used to describe vast groups of people. ...
The "youse" is an un-necessary plural of "you" for comic effect, making fun of any wog's accent.
:(end quote)
So there u have it!!! At least (i know i am!!) u are now more clued in!! ;) Now go out there, and enjoy the rest of your weekend... I leave u (i always have the final word around here, dont i??? ;)) with one final, thought-provoking quote... :
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
-- Paulo Freire, educator
Labels: australia, australian, commercial, Daniel Ilic, downwind media, spoof, tourism, where the bloody hell are you, youse
Australian news, for Singaporeans
We do love Australia, don't we? We really do! Often among the top 5 emigration destinations for Singaporeans looking to escape from paradise#, and even for stayers, among the top tourist destinations, Australia represents more than just "another country" for us Singaporeans. So it is with this background that i present to you this list of Australian news...
First of all, let's diss Australia (oh, and why not let's just throw in New Zealand into the mix too! seriously). Notice to Aussies and Kiwis: what our political leaders say do not necessarily represent the opinion of all (or even some) Singaporeans! (That last recent election that just passed, for example, might just prove that). Check out, for example, yawning bread's own analysis and report of that same report. Or Robert HO's post of this to the Sg_Review group.
And then next, let's have a laugh (by Australians, mind u) at Australia. The parties in mind, Downwind Media, vs Tourism Australia. I first caught wind of this after doing a search for "australia.com" at youtube.com.
The 30s, more commonly broadcast clip:
(*embedding has been disabled by request, so go here to view the clip instead..)
The 1 minute, 01, longer clip:
And now finally, youtube's copy of the parody by Downwind Media - "Where The F*#king Hell Are You?":
*Note that this is just the "LA LA LA" [sic] version of the spoof (of which the complete set may be found at Downwind Media's own defiant page for the spoof, downloads galore (for the complete set) to be found here as well). Reason why i am pointing u to youtube's page for the spoof first is that u should probably go read the comments to be found at youtube's page first... This will give u an idea of the hoohaa that has been going on regarding the parody. Personally, i am just glad that freedom of comedy ("FOC") still exists around these parts of the world! (namely, Australia).
#(i shant talk about that story - i get tired trying to extract any humor from out of such a complicated story. That's not to say that it isn't interesting, though. So here is the link, once again, for those of u interested to find out more!)
First of all, let's diss Australia (oh, and why not let's just throw in New Zealand into the mix too! seriously). Notice to Aussies and Kiwis: what our political leaders say do not necessarily represent the opinion of all (or even some) Singaporeans! (That last recent election that just passed, for example, might just prove that). Check out, for example, yawning bread's own analysis and report of that same report. Or Robert HO's post of this to the Sg_Review group.
And then next, let's have a laugh (by Australians, mind u) at Australia. The parties in mind, Downwind Media, vs Tourism Australia. I first caught wind of this after doing a search for "australia.com" at youtube.com.
The 30s, more commonly broadcast clip:
(*embedding has been disabled by request, so go here to view the clip instead..)
The 1 minute, 01, longer clip:
And now finally, youtube's copy of the parody by Downwind Media - "Where The F*#king Hell Are You?":
*Note that this is just the "LA LA LA" [sic] version of the spoof (of which the complete set may be found at Downwind Media's own defiant page for the spoof, downloads galore (for the complete set) to be found here as well). Reason why i am pointing u to youtube's page for the spoof first is that u should probably go read the comments to be found at youtube's page first... This will give u an idea of the hoohaa that has been going on regarding the parody. Personally, i am just glad that freedom of comedy ("FOC") still exists around these parts of the world! (namely, Australia).
#(i shant talk about that story - i get tired trying to extract any humor from out of such a complicated story. That's not to say that it isn't interesting, though. So here is the link, once again, for those of u interested to find out more!)
Labels: australia, australian, commercial, downwind media, spoof, tourism, where the bloody hell are you