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The Gruen Transfer
04/08/08 | Mark Hadley
The power of advertising is its ability to provide convincing arguments for products we may not think we need – a skill Christians could do well to learn.
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Aunty say, children do
09/06/08 | Joseph Smith
It is unlikely that any more than a handful of children growing up in Australia have managed to avoid an episode…
It is unlikely that any more than a handful of children growing up in Australia have managed to avoid an episode…
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Newstopia
05/05/08 | Mark Hadley
The clock strikes 10pm and glowing graphics stream across a turning digital globe as urgent orchestral music announces…
The clock strikes 10pm and glowing graphics stream across a turning digital globe as urgent orchestral music announces…
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Stuff
21/04/08 | Mark Hadley
Wendy Harmer’s new foray into the life-style focused documentary is a surprisingly considered approach to our…
Wendy Harmer’s new foray into the life-style focused documentary is a surprisingly considered approach to our…
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Sex, money and power
06/04/08 | Mark Hadley
It’s not just the portrayal of sex that has the power to reshape our self-image. Fantasy story-lines centering…
It’s not just the portrayal of sex that has the power to reshape our self-image. Fantasy story-lines centering…
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Underbelly
26/02/08 | Mark Hadley
If Underbelly is capable of breaking free from the legal quagmire that continues to dog its production,…
If Underbelly is capable of breaking free from the legal quagmire that continues to dog its production,…
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2008’s menu for couch potatoes
03/02/08 | Mark Hadley
They say you are what you eat. If this year’s television diet is anything to go by, we’re going to develop…
They say you are what you eat. If this year’s television diet is anything to go by, we’re going to develop…
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Bionic Woman
20/01/08 | Mark Hadley
How much would a bionic woman set you back these days? If you were thinking six million, then I suggest you may…
How much would a bionic woman set you back these days? If you were thinking six million, then I suggest you may…
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Summer Heights High
29/10/07 | Mark Hadley
Reminisce with me. Cast your mind back to your high school days. Can you recall that teacher who you intuitively…
Reminisce with me. Cast your mind back to your high school days. Can you recall that teacher who you intuitively…
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Kath & Kim
05/10/07 | Mark Hadley
The fourth series of Kath & Kim doesn’t seem to have suffered too much from its transition to the Seven Network,…
The fourth series of Kath & Kim doesn’t seem to have suffered too much from its transition to the Seven Network,…
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Californication
10/09/07 | Mark Hadley
Californication is an incendiary program. As I write, the morally outraged are organising picket lines for…
Californication is an incendiary program. As I write, the morally outraged are organising picket lines for…
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Big Love
03/09/07 | Mark Hadley
How is a husband supposed to respond to his wife telling him across the kitchen counter she can understand the…
How is a husband supposed to respond to his wife telling him across the kitchen counter she can understand the…
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The Chaser’s War on Everything
30/07/07 | Joseph Smith
I’m sorry to say it, but I think The Chaser team are losing their edge. Let me explain by twice quoting…
I’m sorry to say it, but I think The Chaser team are losing their edge. Let me explain by twice quoting…
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Quizmania
28/06/07 | Mark Hadley
My wife and I felt a fair degree of sympathy for the late-night host we were watching. She was hopping up and down…
My wife and I felt a fair degree of sympathy for the late-night host we were watching. She was hopping up and down…
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Primeval
28/05/07 | Mark Hadley
Part Jurassic Park, part X-files, Primeval presents us with a team of British scientists confronted…
Part Jurassic Park, part X-files, Primeval presents us with a team of British scientists confronted…
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God on my side
18/05/07 | Greg Clarke
Television interviewer Andrew Denton's documentary on Christian fundamentalist America has made the transition…
Television interviewer Andrew Denton's documentary on Christian fundamentalist America has made the transition…
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Woe news is good news
30/04/07 | Mark Hadley
Television news is dumbing the world down, but the bigger problem is that we hardly care. It suits us to be amused…
Television news is dumbing the world down, but the bigger problem is that we hardly care. It suits us to be amused…
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The West Wing
25/03/07 | Mark Hadley
This month Australians will wave goodbye to a long-serving politician they have grown to respect and admire –…
This month Australians will wave goodbye to a long-serving politician they have grown to respect and admire –…
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