Solstice Emerging Writers Festival: UNDERDOG
Schedule
Wed Jun 08 2022 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
Location
Bluestone Church Arts Space - 8a Hyde St, Footscray | Melbourne, VI
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It’s grand final night and Liv King, an Indigenous AFLW player, finds herself sharing a taxi ride home with Coach. On a high, after winning the premiership and being awarded the prestigious Norm Smith medal, Liv dives into a taxi after one very large night of celebrations. However the trip takes a sudden turn when Coach makes a racial joke at the driver’s expense and the driver pulls over demanding that Coach get out of the car and leaving Liv with a choice. To protect her career and defend Coach? Or to side with a man she has only just met…Inspired by Adam Goodes’ documentary The Australian Dream, Underdog aims to interrogate attitudes towards casual racism in Australia and its effect. When someone makes a joke in good faith and a person takes offence, how do we respond? Is it possible to be racist without realising and how do we navigate an awkward conversation from a position of privilege?
Underdog seeks to start a conversation about the lack of incentive for those in subordinate positions to report racial vilification and looks towards a future that sees the underdog triumph.
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Where is it happening?
Bluestone Church Arts Space - 8a Hyde St, Footscray, 8A Hyde Street,Melbourne,VIC,AustraliaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
Tickets
AUD 9.53 to AUD 11.64