Yet the most recent offerings from Australian film makers Strictly Ballroom' (1992), Muriel`s Wedding' (1994) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' (1994) refelct a feeling of acceptance of Australia`s place on the world stage through it`s films, whilst simultaneously celebrating a new found ease of the quirky Australian national identity. ... These aspects of Australian life are embodied in characters like Muriel in Muriel`s Wedding' or Mitzi in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. Australia is charactered as a cast of colourful, f...

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