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'The Naked Truth is the very personal story of Graeme Blundell - Australia's first sex icon (by chance), a founder of the Melbourne's theatre groups La Mama and Playbox, which showed audiences that actors could speak in Australian English, and now an acclaimed writer and journalist.
'From his a childhood in Melbourne's working-class outer suburbs Graeme passionately followed his dreams to become a central part of Australian popular culture. He has worked in films, TV and theatre. The hit movie Alvin Purple made him Australia's first permissive pin-up, and he became a symbol of the early seventies - an era everyone still wants to be part of.
'Actor, director, producer, biographer, critic and journalist, Blundell established theatre companies and was there when they closed, watched the film industry through its many renaissances, and television as it became an addictive digital environment. In The Naked Truth Blundell writes about Australian life in the 40s, 50s and on with the insight of someone who was always part of the action - whether he wanted to be or not.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For my mother who has always been there/ And, of course, for Susan.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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From Pin-Up Boy to Movie Icon
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 October 2008; (p. 27)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography -
Actor Turns to Purple Prose
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 October 2008; (p. 35)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography ; Alvin Purple 2008 single work criticism -
Review
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 4 October 2008; (p. 44)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography ; The Penguin Book of the Road 2008 anthology short story biography -
More Than the Bare Facts
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 305 2008; (p. 13-14)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography -
When Being on Stage Was More Than Playacting
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 3 no. 9 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Blood and Tinsel : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography ; The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography
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Where I Came From
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 September 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of The Land I Came Through Last 2008 single work autobiography ; The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography -
When Being on Stage Was More Than Playacting
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 3 no. 9 2008; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Blood and Tinsel : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography ; The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography -
More Than the Bare Facts
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 305 2008; (p. 13-14)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography -
Review
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 4 October 2008; (p. 44)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography ; The Penguin Book of the Road 2008 anthology short story biography -
Actor Turns to Purple Prose
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 October 2008; (p. 35)
— Review of The Naked Truth : A Life in Parts 2008 single work autobiography ; Alvin Purple 2008 single work criticism -
The Naked (Imagined) Truth
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 88 no. 2 2008; (p. 48)