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Satirical early-morning breakfast television.
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Award-winning or individually published episodes are indexed on AustLit.
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Get Krack!n [Episode 7]
Australia
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Katering Productions
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2017
14124488
2017
single work
film/TV
Australia
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Katering Productions
,
2017
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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‘Get Krack!n’ Season 2
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 160 2019; (p. 57)
— Review of Get Krack!n 2017 series - publisher film/TV 'How could Get Krack!n possibly take it any further? After all, the first season of the breakfast TV satire had seen Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney – its Caucasian, at-sea female hosts (played by themselves) – eat human faeces on-air for Aboriginal reconciliation.'(Introduction)
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Friday Essay : Why Is Australian Satire So Rarely Risky?
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 March 2019; -
Get Krack!n's Season Finale Was the Most Nourishing Despair I Have Felt in a Long Time
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 March 2019; -
C'mon, We're Being Fun : Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney Are Not Pussyfooting Around
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 138 2017; (p. 36-40)'It’s 3 am. “An hour usually reserved for pissing with your eyes closed,” Kate McLennan says in a sparkly voice while sitting bolt upright in bed next to co-host Kate McCartney. Time to Get Krack!n. Cue the buzzy theme music (think kazoo crossed with a mosquito) and a TV montage of the Kates “kidding around” in stilettos, skin-tone stockings, and boxy block-coloured mini dresses. Measly clapping starts up off-camera and the Kates step out, as if for the first time, onto the set of their very own morning show.' (Introduction)
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‘Get Krack!n’ Season 2
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 160 2019; (p. 57)
— Review of Get Krack!n 2017 series - publisher film/TV 'How could Get Krack!n possibly take it any further? After all, the first season of the breakfast TV satire had seen Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney – its Caucasian, at-sea female hosts (played by themselves) – eat human faeces on-air for Aboriginal reconciliation.'(Introduction)
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C'mon, We're Being Fun : Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney Are Not Pussyfooting Around
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 138 2017; (p. 36-40)'It’s 3 am. “An hour usually reserved for pissing with your eyes closed,” Kate McLennan says in a sparkly voice while sitting bolt upright in bed next to co-host Kate McCartney. Time to Get Krack!n. Cue the buzzy theme music (think kazoo crossed with a mosquito) and a TV montage of the Kates “kidding around” in stilettos, skin-tone stockings, and boxy block-coloured mini dresses. Measly clapping starts up off-camera and the Kates step out, as if for the first time, onto the set of their very own morning show.' (Introduction)
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Get Krack!n's Season Finale Was the Most Nourishing Despair I Have Felt in a Long Time
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 28 March 2019; -
Friday Essay : Why Is Australian Satire So Rarely Risky?
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 March 2019;
