"Silliness always wins" - Monty Franklin

from Fire at Will · host Will Kingston

We live in an age where the lines between entertainment and political activism are so blurred as to be almost non-existent. Barbie is less a movie about a doll than a lecture about the patriarchy. The ‘Welcome to Country’ at most footy games will soon be longer than the game itself. And many stand-up comedians are less interested in telling jokes than they are about making political statements.Monty Franklin is not one of those comedians. Instead he’s become one of Australia’s most successful US-based comedians by poking fun at the things that make Aussies great. In the words of John Cleese, who co-wrote with Monty the upcoming film, ‘The Great Emu War’, ‘silliness always wins’.Follow Australiana on social media here.Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here.Get tickets to see Monty’s show in Australia here.Follow Monty on Instagram here.

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We live in an age where the lines between entertainment and political activism are so blurred as to be almost non-existent. Barbie is less a movie about a doll than a lecture about the patriarchy. The 'Welcome to Country' at most footy games will soon be longer than the game itself. And many stand-up comedians are less interested in telling jokes than they are about making political statements. Monty Franklin is not one of those comedians. Instead he's become one of Australia's most successful US-based comedians by poking fun at the things that make Aussies great. In the words of John Cleese, who co-wrote with Monty the upcoming film, 'The Great Emu War', 'silliness always wins'. Follow Australiana on social media here. [https://linktr.ee/AustralianaPod] Subscribe to The Spectator Australia here. [https://www.spectator.com.au/join/] Get tickets to see Monty's show in Australia here. [https://www.montyfranklin.com/gigs-1] Follow Monty on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/montyfranklin/].

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