Daryl Sparkes Daryl Sparkes i(A109787 works by)
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1 Straight to the Pool Room : A Love Letter to The Castle on Its 25th Anniversary Daryl Sparkes , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 8 April 2022;

— Review of The Castle Rob Sitch , Santo Cilauro , Tom Gleisner , Jane Kennedy , 1997 single work film/TV

'The phrases “Tell him he’s dreamin’”, “That’s going straight to the pool room”, “How’s the serenity?” and “It’s the vibe” have become Aussie staples. These now-classic quotes all come from The Castle - voted the best Australian film ever in a recent poll.' 

1 Back to the Rafters Review : Series Reboot Is Full of Heart and Reflects Changing Times Daryl Sparkes , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 17 September 2021;

— Review of Back to the Rafters Trent Atkinson , Bevan Lee , Katherine Thomson , Margaret Wilson , 2021 series - publisher film/TV

'Soap operas have been around since television was invented. Often involving outlandish plots, exaggerated storylines and hyperbolic characters and dialogue, they labour each moment on screen for ultimate dramatic effect. The women are transcendingly good looking and the men impossibly buff.' (Publication summary)

1 Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet at 25 : Is This the Best Shakespeare Screen Adaptation? Daryl Sparkes , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 January 2021;

'It is 25 years since Australian auteur Baz Luhrmann released his gloriously spectacular version of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the doomed lovers.'

1 That’ll Do, Pig, That’ll Do : Babe at 25, a Trailblazing Cinematic Classic Daryl Sparkes , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 August 2020;
On the 25th anniversary of Babe.
1 The New Seachange Is a Sad Case of Zombie TV : When Your Favourite Programs Come Back from the Dead Daryl Sparkes , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 9 September 2019;

'In Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, caretaker Jud Crandall warns against burying bodies in the old Indian burial ground. “They don’t come back the same”, the old man drawls, with a mix of desperation and horror in his voice.' (Introduction)

1 4 form y separately published work icon Nigger Lovers Stephen Hagan , Daryl Sparkes , ( dir. Rhonda Hagan ) Australia : 2007 Z1427913 2007 single work film/TV

A documentary detailing efforts to remove the word 'nigger' from a Toowoomba stadium sign, E.S. Nigger Brown stand, in southern Queensland. The sign was erected in 1960 to honour Toowoomba's first rugby league international Edward Stanley Brown.

'Nigger Lovers documents Stephen Hagan’s fight for the sign to be taken down. He discovered the sign in the late 1990s when he took his family to a rugby league game. Being the Aboriginal activist he is he decided to take action.'

'Stephen Hagan’s fight makes an interesting story. In 1999 the Toowoomba Sportsground Trust politely declined his request to take the sign down. In 2002 the High Court ruled that the sign could stay. In 2003 the United Nations found that the offensive name should be changed, however, Australian authorities simply ignored the ruling.'

'Nigger Lovers is not only a story of enormous strength, of determination and persistence, it’s also a story of a man being challenged to his limits, receiving death threats and bringing his family close to bankruptcy.' (Source: Creativespirits website)

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