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Mood:
- HumorousBiting
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Plot:
- Workplace SituationsWorkplaceBoss and EmployeePower RelationsDisorder
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Genres:
- ComedyMockumentarySitcom
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- Australia
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Humor:
- Irreverent HumorSatire
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Style:
- Talky
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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The Games, 1998 - 2000
English
Australia
Profile of The Games
The mood of The Games is humorous and biting. The plot centers around workplace situations, bosses and employees, and power relations. It features irreverent humor and satire. The Games is a comedy TV show. Stylistically, it is a mockumentary, is a sitcom, and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. The Games is set in Australia. It happens in the 1990s.
Summary of The Games
'The Games' starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas Bell. It was written by John Clarke and Ross Stevenson. The series centred on the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) and satirised corruption and cronyism in the Olympic movement, bureaucratic ineptness in the New South Wales public service, and unethical behaviour within politics and the media. An unusual feature of the show was that the characters shared the same name as the actors who played them, to enhance the illusion of a documentary on the Sydney Games.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Australia |
| Release date: | 17 August 1998 |
| Runtime: | 30 min |
| Seasons: | 2 |
Cast and Crew
as John 26 episodes, 1998-2000
as Bryan 26 episodes, 1998-2000
as Gina 26 episodes, 1998-2000
as Nicholas 21 episodes, 1998-2000
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