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Introduction and Key Themes of Reckoning and The Namesake. Despite being one of Australia's best loved and most successful television personalities, life has not always been easy for Magda Szubanski. She has written and created some of Australia's best comedy shows and characters. On 14 February 2012, Szubanski came out as a lesbian on a primetime Australian TV show. 0000003809 00000 n
Reckoning ends with Szubanski reveling in the freedom of coming out, listing her father’s qualities, wishing that he had been alive to see her come out publicly, and expressing gratitude that her mother was there for her. Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library card. * Australian, Best Books of 2015 * `Magda Szubanski blew us away with her writing chops in this remarkable, fearless and deeply personal memoir.' 0000010291 00000 n
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* InDaily * `Magda Szubanski's brave, compassionate - and hilarious - Reckoning may be some sort of masterpiece of the form.' Buy now on Booktopia Magda Szubanski is such a key figure in Australian comedy that any … Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions in this catalogue which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was created and may now be considered offensive. 0000001816 00000 n
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Szubanski's career started as a writer and performer of sketch comedy and has since progressed to production of TV, film acting, and musical theatre. Book Groups, issuing body. Copyright or permission restrictions may apply. We will contact you if necessary. 'Magda Szubanski is one of Australia’s best known and most loved performers. Magdalene Mary Szubanski AO is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer. Link to Wikipedia biography. Magdalene Mary Szubanski ( zhə-BAN-skee, born 12 April 1961) is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer.Szubanski's career started as a… Magda Szubanski - … She appeared in a number of sketch comedy shows before creating the iconic character of Sharon in ABC-TV's Kath and Kim. We chat to her about her breathtaking memoir Reckoning. Magda Szubanski is an Australian icon. Reckoning (eBook) by Magda Szubanski ISBN: 9781922253224 Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia's most beloved performers, tells her story. 0000043814 00000 n
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‘[Reckoning] reveals [Magda] to be an extraordinarily rare talent — somebody with first-rate emotional and comedic instincts as well as a fierce intellect which would allow her to succeed in any academic task she’d set herself…This is a book which will be good for the soul of anybody who reads it.’ Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this catalogue contains names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. She Reckoning is Magda Szubanski's genesis story, the tale of how a Croydon girl – a Polish-Scot – ended up as Australia's most adored comedienne. But Reckoning, her first book, is not a comedy. 0000022684 00000 n
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