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'Squinters is a 6 x half hour narrative comedy series that celebrates the mundane ritual that is the work commute. The show follows a group of unrelated workers stuck in their cars each morning and afternoon as they crawl along the M4 with the sun in their eyes.' (Production summary)
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Works about this Work
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Daily Commute Yields Little Rays of Sunshine
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 February 2018; (p. 15)
— Review of Squinters 2018 series - publisher film/TV'In the not-too-distant future, when people are commuting in cars that drive themselves, or delivering the kids to sporting events with Amazon drones, or perhaps even being shot at more than 1000km/h through the vacuum of Elon Musk’s Hyperloops, we may look back at the current glut of car-based TV comedies as cultural farewells to a prominent feature of our modern lives.' (Introduction)
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Squinters Review – Tim Minchin and Jacki Weaver Take the Low Road in Glib Commuter Comedy
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 January 2018;'ABC TV delivers a healthy dose of laughs alongside frivolous word salads in this patchy and meandering gabfest.'
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‘It Was Unbearable’ : Tim Minchin on Life under Trump and the Collapse of His $100m Movie
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 January 2018;'Back on home soil, the Australian polymath discusses politics, musicals and #MeToo – and the worst year of his professional life.'
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Daily Commute Yields Little Rays of Sunshine
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 February 2018; (p. 15)
— Review of Squinters 2018 series - publisher film/TV'In the not-too-distant future, when people are commuting in cars that drive themselves, or delivering the kids to sporting events with Amazon drones, or perhaps even being shot at more than 1000km/h through the vacuum of Elon Musk’s Hyperloops, we may look back at the current glut of car-based TV comedies as cultural farewells to a prominent feature of our modern lives.' (Introduction)
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‘It Was Unbearable’ : Tim Minchin on Life under Trump and the Collapse of His $100m Movie
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 29 January 2018;'Back on home soil, the Australian polymath discusses politics, musicals and #MeToo – and the worst year of his professional life.'
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Squinters Review – Tim Minchin and Jacki Weaver Take the Low Road in Glib Commuter Comedy
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 January 2018;'ABC TV delivers a healthy dose of laughs alongside frivolous word salads in this patchy and meandering gabfest.'
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