uff making a great mess and having to clean up, rather head down the pub(p30) Just as in Chris Franklins Bloke, The Wind and the Monkey only shows a marginalised view of Australian males. It shows this by only writing about the Australians who fit the common stereotype. With Less mischievous personality, drinking problems and intent for a fight it is easy to suggest the viewers of this text are positioned to react negatively towards Australian males. Les is always getting into fights. You looking for a blue are you?(p.158). The Australian slang used in this text is similar to what is portrayed in most dominant readings. Slang such as fair dinkum, old mate and bugger it is associated with the Australian male in todays society. The ocker image is also a part of the cultural context of this text. Hence most texts seem to look past the true features of Australian males. They seem to prefer to dwell on the negative factors, moulding them into more than they really are. In concentrating on the negative issues, texts have chosen to lead viewers to believing that this is what Australians are really like. Australia and its people have always been represented as the underachievers of society and, with time this should change. ...
