fatvegan

All of us good people went to Keating! last night at Belvoir. It was only our second play at the new theatre, and I still like it a bunch. They haven't changed any of the good things, and they have got rid of all the bad things. Like the floor that felt like it had been waxed with vegetable oil.

I, and I think all of us, loved Keating. It was so so funny. I laughed non-stop and after it had finished I kept chuckling to myself all evening. The writing of the music and the lyrics were really quality. Much better than most of the other plays I've seen this year. And it was really nice because they were making fun of Keating, but you could also tell that they loved him to bits. I doubt you'll enjoy it if you've ever voted for John Howard. But I liked Paul Keating a lot when I was little and he was in power, and as I've got older I've liked him more and more.

But it was all just beautiful. So many good songs and funny little pieces. And the guy who wrote it did a fabulous job of being Alexander Downer, although I suspect Downer would feel that they haven't fully captured and done justice to all the nuances of his character.

I wish I'd read more about his quotes before I went to see it. All the best lines from the musical we taken straight from Keating's days in parliament. I wish we had politicians like that still. He absolutely creamed John Hewson. Poor chap.