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Dayne Rathbone is a rising star in Australian comedy. The shy computer programmer from South Africa exploded onto the scene, winning Australia's biggest comedy competition and selling out tours in Australia and the UK. The Sydney Morning Herald has labelled him an "awkward freak", others are convinced he's a comedy savant, but where does his stage persona end and the real Dayne begin? Filmmaker Mike Nayna is intrigued and embeds himself in the family home to explore his fascination with a gifted but unstable individual.
In 2012, filmmaker and comedian Mike Nayna uploaded a shaming video that sparked international media attention, resulted in two jail terms and inspired a surprise spate of copycat incidents. But while the narrative of good conquering prejudice played out on computer screens around the world, a far more complex and morally ambiguous story was taking place. Through exploring the untold story behind the high profile public shaming, Mike comes to terms with a sense of guilt and uncertainty about what he did. Digilante is a story that results in both positive and negative outcomes, begging the question 'Can modern day shaming practices produce moral outcomes, or are they simply a sadistic new form of interactive entertainment?'
FANCY BOY showcases some of Australia's finest comedians in a vehicle that follows a similar methodology to Key & Peele, Saturday Night Live, Full Frontal and is targeted at a younger audience. The aim is for the sketches to serve as a blueprint for a long-form series that will provide a platform for the best Australian talent in comedy acting, writing and production to showcase their talents.
The best Australian sketch comedy series since The Wedge. The wedge was great though, but we just reckon we’ll be better. No disrespect to Chris Lilley or whoever was on the wedge. We didn't watch the wedge. Fancy Boys has grown out of both the theatre show which played (and won the Golden Gibbo in 2014) at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Fresh Blood Initiative on ABC Iview. This is an all Melbourne show
Fresh Blood is an ABC TV and Screen Australia initiative created in 2013 to kick-start the careers of young comedy writers, directors and performers. Fresh Blood Pilot Season is the second phase of the three-year initiative on iview. In the first phase, 24 young creative teams delivered more than 70 sketches for Fresh Blood which screened on ABC iview in June 2014 and attracted more than 900,000 views. Following the success of the sketches, the 24 teams were asked to submit ideas for half-hour comedy pilots. From these submissions, five teams were selected to make their pilots. In the third and final phase of the initiative, the best pilot will be awarded a series commission.
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