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face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=363054601-12102004><FONT
color=#0000ff> I </FONT></SPAN> have to stick my head up here and
object to the conflation that is going on here between (bad/debased) taste
patterns, (low) class locations and the replacement of issues-based with
aspirational politics, if that is indeed what's going on.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the point of Prude and Trude's prominent
inclusion in Kath&Kim, if not to make the point that aspirational
consumerism is not the exclusive property of "fewls" from the outer suburbs?
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> From:
csaa-forum-bounces@lists.cdu.edu.au</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> [</FONT><A
href="mailto:csaa-forum-bounces@lists.cdu.edu.au"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
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size=2>mailto:csaa-forum-bounces@lists.cdu.edu.au</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>] On Behalf Of John </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Scannell</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Sent: Tuesday, 12 October 2004 11:28
AM</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> To: CSAA discussion list</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Subject: Re: [csaa-forum] ALP 101</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> I read an interview or Q&A at some stage
where Latham was asked about </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> his favourite musical artist...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> His reply (much to my own personal horror) was
'Meatloaf'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> When Ian says...'Maybe Kath and Kim is not such
a sendup/comedy after </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> all?'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Well I can only say with much sadness that it is
not.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Which is why I can't watch it because there are
some things so spot on </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> that it makes me ill.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Latham lost the battle for white trash supremacy
- WWE showdown style.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> I loved Sally's</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> >I can't help but think that Australia is
dominated by the Freedom </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> >Furniture Flunkies who can't think beyond
Macro-suede couches, fake </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> >mohair throws and fondue sets.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> ></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Don't forget the Hillsong Church CDs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Great music for the showdown (WWE style) between
Good and Evil </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> currently being orchestrated in Iraq.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> If I was part of the Labor machine I would have
gotten Latham to 'find </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Jeeeeeeeeesuss' and quick smart.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> OK, maybe not. What to do?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></P>
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