About this episode

The episode features a review of the musical 'The Deb' and an interview with Rebel Wilson, along with a discussion of 'Big Mistakes' by Dan Levy.

For this Out Takes, we reviewed a new Aussie musical that brings, the latest television show from Dan Levy and two of the local films on offer for ACMI Drag Week plus an interview for you with one of Australia’s favourite comic actresses and a global movie star. First up was ‘The Deb’ , an original musical comedy about two teenage cousins who dig deep to find self-acceptance and a date to the Debutante Ball in a small country town in Australia. We thoroughly enjoyed this truly Aussie and wildly original movie musical that is also Rebel Wilson’s hotly anticipated directorial debut so who better to tell us about it than the star herself. Alaisdair caught up with Rebel online where they discussed why she wanted to tell this story, her musical inspirations, the importance of queer representation in this film and more. Next was ‘Big Mistakes’ , the latest project from Dan Levy which is streaming now on Netflix. Described as a bold, new comedic family saga within a high-stakes crime thriller. Big Mistakes follows Nicky (played by Dan Levy) and Morgan (played by Taylor Ortega), two deeply incapable siblings who are in over their heads when a misguided theft…

People in this episode

Host: Alaisdair

Guest: Rebel Wilson

Topics covered

• musical
• comedy
• queer representation
• film review
• interview

Keywords

• Rebel Wilson
• The Deb
• Big Mistakes
• Dan Levy
• ACMI Drag Week
• queer representation
• musical comedy
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACMI

Books & works: The Deb, Big Mistakes

Places: Australia, Netflix

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