Tram Town
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
| Category: Reality Michael Bachelard writes for The A☭E... The Government's $37 million campaign to sell its workplace legislation was in tatters last night after allegations that an actor in a Workplace Authority advertisement was himself a bad employer who ripped off junior staff to the tune of thousands of dollars.Now the veracity of the claims may or may not be clear but it doesn't matter. The man was acting in the ad. What he does in real life is not relevant to the message. Don't these people understand this basic separation? Formulaically: Theatre ≠ Life The whole thing has been made even worse, though, by the minister's reaction... Joe Hockey last night pulled the ad "Protection for under-18s" off air after The Age asked him about the history of one of the actors, Damien Richardson, who until recently had a painting business employing youngsters.Do all of these people consider Oliver Stone films to be documentaries? |
