Paper Giants set to boost Asher Keddie’s Logie run
Asher Keddie and Paper Giants were the toast of Twitter last night, no doubt bolstering her race for the Gold Logie.
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Last night’s screening of Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo has no doubt boosted Asher Keddie’s dark horse race for the Gold Logie.
Keddie’s performance and the entire mini-series, were the toast of Twitter last night with both #papergiants and ‘Asher Keddie’ trending nationally.
Tweets were praising her spot-on performance as a young Ita Buttrose along with the ABC production.
tabloidterror:
Loved #papergiants Asher Keddie made a great Ita
LaurieOakes:
Paper giants is great. Gets the people and the period. #PaperGiants
Lisa_Wilkinson:
Best thing on TV for a long time…can’t wait till tomorrow night. Have a bit more Cleo insider info to share then. Have a good sleep all.
bondimermaid:
#papergiants – great television! Well done ABC for commissioning it. Really enjoyed it. Can’t wait for part 2 tomorrow night
jaynecheeseman:
Great episode of #papergiants! Ita Buttrose and Kerry Packer played wonderfully. Hopefully some more nude, 1970s male centrefolds tomorrow.
theshowpony:
feel like I should tweet about #ita, #papergiants and #thebirthofcleo but words just don’t do it justice… bring on part two tomorrow!
Troiboi Troy:
Asher Keddie as Ita Buttrose is all sorts of brilliant. #papergiants
_Wardy_ Neil Ward:
#PaperGiants is brilliant. #Asher Keddie is a perfect Ita. Love the archival footage too. Part two tomorrow night on #ABC1 can’t wait!
Pennysdrpped:
@ABCTV_Australia #papergiants ! Inspired casting and acting. Great direction (Daina Reid) + credible, restrained art direction. Fabulous tv.
KellKitten:
Gosh everyone is talking about #papergiants and I missed it! Gonna have to try iview!
Tonight’s episode continues the tale, with more from Kerry Packer, the rise of Whitlam, a young Germaine Greer, a young Barry Humphries and threats upon Buttrose’s life.
Don’t miss it at 8:30pm tonight on ABC1.
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It is fascinating to me to read the comments because Paper Giants bought back so many memories of the 70,s era re- fashion / hairdoes / open smoking / sexism / the W.E.L movement / & so many other reminders. I watched both episodes & at the end – was sad that the story didn,t continue. What an amazing story Ms. Buttrose has to tell . Congrats to the A.B.C. & all involved for a most enthralling program & I totally agree with previous comments that such stories in the future would be of great interest to a wide audience.
Regards
James
Thoroughly enjoyed this, Keddie is an amazing talent but i fear she will be snapped up by a Hollywood studio soon so enjoy her work while you can. Also kudos to the production team for convincingly recreating the seventies complete with bad fashion, chain smoking & sexist attitudes, i can just remember it, unfortunately. No really revisiting it is fun at times, theres also Twister, Suzi Quatro & Big M girl calenders :).
It made a nice change to see docu drama not revolving around a crime storyline, this was at once educational for those who were not around then to see what life was like back then & it was bloody funny, the Jack Thompson scene was a classic.
I hated It , It was the worst thing Ive ever seen ….. only joking , It was outstanding . can’t wait for the DVD to come out .
Wow, is all I have to say.
Asher for the gold logie!
Love it – best thing on television in a long time
Asher was fabulous!
Asher Keddie did a wonderful job of capturing the essence of Ita Buttrose in this easy to watch mini-series. Certainly one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable shows on television so far this year, it will certainly boost Ms Keddie’s Gold Logie chances. And for anyone who lived during the mid-1970’s the show captured the times accurately enough to transport you back there for an hour or so each episode. More shows like this please!
@Ronnie – I wonder if it would have done as well on Nine. This type of historical drama doesn’t have enough mayhem and gratuitous titties for their usual demographic. Plus, how many of us who did watch it last night would have chosen not to on Nine in case they butchered it?
It’s on iView for those who missed it.
Just watch it on iView if you missed it…
crap, crap, crap! I forgot to watch or tape this!! Will there be a repeat on ABC2?
Paper Giants & Asher = Genius.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I have not even got through the first hour yet! Thank goodness I sacrificed H50 for it.
Even more surprising was the fact my boyfriend was completely enthralled in it as well, I thought it would be a ‘female’ show but I was completely wrong and glad of it!!
Well done John Edwards as well.