Context
Who is Rob Sitch?
To state of assert positively
What is it to affirm?
" Its Mabo, it's the Vibe"
Who is Dennis Denuto?
Flannel Shirts and Judges Wigs
What is costuming?
" “Let’s not beat around the bush, the Greeks have a reputation .....Thank you and Kalispera"
What is Multiculturalism?
Overturned Terra Nullius
Who is Eddie Mabo?
To interrupt or cause disturbance.
What is it to disrupt?
"A generous offer, considering the nature of the dwelling or as it more accurately be called an eyesore."
Who is the high court lawyer?
"My Name is Dale Kerrigan and this is my story"
What is narration?
It was a case of Darryl vs. Goliath in the high court of Australia today.
Working vs Middle Class/ Government
John Howard
Who was Prime Minister?
A group of people
What is a collective?
Who is QC Lawrence Hammill?
What is a symbol?
"I said you're a bloody ripper!"
What is Australian Identity?
1997
When was The Castle released?
Single or seperate
"I'm not having kids until I'm at least 23"
Tracey Kerrigan
"Dad reckons powerlines are a reminder of man's ability to generate electricity"
What is satire?
"I’m really starting to understand how the Aborigines feel… This house is like their land. It holds their memories.....This country’s gotta stop stealing other people’s land."
What are Land Rights?
Working Dog
Who produced The Castle?
LIC
What is Language Identity and Culture?
"May I say how disenchanted I am with our legal system Mr. Kerrigan"
Con Petropoulous
If dad is the backbone of the family, mum's the other bones
Gender
The Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995, prevents aircraft from taking off or landing between the hours of when?
11 pm and 6 am.
Language has the ??? to both reflect and shape individual and collective identity
Power
“DAD RECKONED THAT ?? WAS ??? AND ???. AND THE REST WAS JUST GOOD LUCK”
FISHING
10% BRAIN
95% MUSCLE.
What camera shot is used to show the family around the table and why?
Mid Shot - shows the togetherness, closeness, love, of the family
location, location, location
Irony
‘the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange'
What is Globalization?
Define the term sociolinguistic variables
how individual speakers use language
how people use language differently in different towns or regions
how a nation decides what languages will be recognised in courts or education
" Dad, there’s a guy selling HOW MANY eskies..."
Steve Kerrigan
7
Shown through a full shot, and expletive language, what is the faulty photocopier in Dennis' office symbolic of?
The faulty photocopier symbolically shows the professional incompetence of Darryl’s chosen lawyer. Denuto symbolises one of the obstacles which Darryl encounters in his transition to everyday Aussie hero
The law of bloody common sense! … You can’t just walk in and steal our home! … You can’t buy what I’ve got!’
Battle against authority