How Paul Keating Reacted to His Own Impersonator | Jonathan Biggins (The Gospel According to Paul Writer & Star)
From Showtime with Andrew G | Arts and Entertainment · 00:40:07
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Andrew sits down with Jonathan Biggins, co-creator of the Wharf Revue and writer and star of The Gospel According to Paul: The Second Coming, the hit one-man show about Paul Keating. Jonathan reveals how Keating first reacted to being impersonated (including his verdict on the suit), what he saw in two hours in Keating’s office, and the secret behind 25 years of political satire: cut, cut, cut.They also dig into rewriting a show overnight when the Prime Minister changed, why Jonathan believes satire works best when it isn’t malicious, and why he thinks live performance has a future no algorithm can touch. Plus: how a career in political comedy led to a cosy crime novel about retirees pulling off an art heist.
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