To Australians
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cosmos_No_04 — 12 years ago(December 03, 2013 09:23 PM)
As an outback kid myself, yes they do exist, but the dundee character in the film is a bit overdone to satire people like that, and for comedic effect.
Though I still roll my eyes when foreigners (usually americans) tend to think this is what aussies are like when this movie is over TWENTY years old ffs lol, empty out your video libraries of "required viewing to understand australians" SOOO out of date, watch Charlie and boots to better understand more modern australia.
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sean_ohlson-1 — 12 years ago(December 20, 2013 08:23 AM)
In defense of American misconception (well, more just embarrassed by it really) I have to say, we don't get a whole lot of Australian culture over here. We get a lot of English stuff thanks to pop music and BBC America and stuff like that but not so much Aussie stuff.
It's kind of odd. For a while in the 80s we were getting a lot. Not that it was indicative of Australia as a whole, but we heard bands like Men At Work, INXS, Air Supply, the Hodoo Gurus, Crowded House (or were they from New Zealand? I can't remember) Heck, I still like to play along on my accoustic guitar to 'Milky Way' by the Church.
We had the Dundee films. Mad Max films. An attempt was even made to market Yahoo Serious over here for a while. I vaguely recall some American battery company using an Australian spokesman for a time back then.
Then it all kind of dried up. There were still a few trickles (Muriels' Wedding was a big hit. Does that count?) I think the last bit of Australian pop culture to really hit it big in America was that STeve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter guy (which probably doesn't help distance the American view of Australians from the Paul Hogan character.)
So, I'm sorry we're out of date. It's just one of those things. -
WhenGreyjoysCry — 10 years ago(June 10, 2015 04:28 PM)
Don't apologize. They haven't progressed too far beyond being a British penal colony. No reason the rest of the world should know much about them.
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spookyrat1 — 11 years ago(July 19, 2014 07:54 AM)
the dundee character in the film is a bit overdone for comedic effect.
They're around just like cowboy types in America, but his persona is very much stylized and embellished for comedic and dramatic effect. -
willjohn — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 08:01 PM)
Mick Dundee was loosely based on a cattle grazier named Rodney William Ansell who once survived in the bush for 56 days with few supplies. Ansell was the subject of the book "Against the Wild."
Ansell, who had mental problems, was killed in a gunfight with Police in 1999 after shooting a Policeman and a motorist who was asking Police for directions.
