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Some correspondence about this series appears in the Age, Green Guide, 8 September 2011 p. 4.
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In Flag-rante : Julia Gillard and the Infamous ‘flag Scene’ in ABC’s At Home with Julia
2018
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criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Popular Television , 1 October vol. 6 no. 1 2018; (p. 381-403)'In 2011, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation financed and produced a controversial sitcom based on the life, characteristics, and politics of incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard. At Home with Julia (2011) examined Gillard’s private life by fictionalizing her de facto relationship with partner Tim Mathieson. Before, during, and after it aired, the series became a media spectacle as print, digital and broadcast journalists debated the propriety of the parody/satire. Media hype peaked in response to a fleeting scene in which the main characters appear cuddling under the Australian flag. Drawing on scholarship about postfeminism, this article examines the representation of single/unmarried women in popular culture and the characterization of political women in television dramas. The media commentary surrounding At Home with Julia denounced the ‘flag scene’ in the strongest terms, yet this reportage also conveyed an underlying unease towards the series’ candid depiction of sexuality. Most significantly, journalists collectively failed to adequately distinguish between Gillard, the prime minister, and ‘Julia’, the fictional character. Such a failure, this article suggests, enabled and excused the media’s subsequent and far more visceral sexualization of Australia’s first female prime minister. Although the public clearly understood the fictional premise of At Home with Julia, the Australian media fabricated a ‘sex’ scandal that came to be read onto the body of Gillard herself.' (Publication abstract)
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Dickens of a Time Finding the Good
2011
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 16) -
ABC Head Defends the TV Julia
2011
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— Appears in: The Australian , 19 October 2011; (p. 5) -
Not at Home with Julia
2011
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review
— Appears in: Obiter , no. 3 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Fake Julia's Message to the Real Julia: Go Girl!
2011
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 October 2011; (p. 15)
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Show of the Week
2011
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2011; (p. 17)
— Review of At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Comedy Takes Gillard's Lack of Popularity and Layers It with Personal Derision
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10 - 11 September 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Everyone's a Critic
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 September 2011; (p. 5)
— Review of At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Vote for Realism a Close Shave
2011
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 September 2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Wild Boys 2011 series - publisher film/TV ; At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
Not at Home with Julia
2011
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— Appears in: Obiter , no. 3 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of At Home with Julia 2011 series - publisher film/TV -
A Look Inside the Lodge
2011
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— Appears in: The Age , 1 September 2011; (p. 3) The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2011; (p. 4) -
Bogans in the Lodge
2011
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— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 4 September 2011; (p. 27) -
No Laughing Matter
2011
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— Appears in: The Age , 9 September 2011; (p. 16) -
Unsettling Home Truths
2011
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— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2011; (p. 15) -
Lampooning Politicians
2011
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correspondence
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 September 2011; (p. 15)
Awards
- 2012 winner Equity Awards — Equity Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Television Comedy Series
- 2011 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Comedy Series
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,