dolorosa_12: (grimes janelle)
a million times a trillion more ([personal profile] dolorosa_12) wrote2020-04-10 01:38 pm

'We're rockin' the lockin/ self-interred/ watching videos of Jacinda Ardern'

This is a musical interlude to interrupt the flood of fandom meme content that I've been posting recently.

Australia's political response to the pandemic has been as abysmal as its response to the terrible bushfires in the summer, which is not surprising, given the dreadful Prime Minister and government currently in charge. I have to admit, however, that I was shocked at the sheer level of bumbling, wilful incompetence in both instances.

One positive result of all that incompetence, however, is this song and video (with both lyrics and visuals packed with allusions to specific instances of shambolic, vindictive government incompetence), a collaboration between Briggs and Tim Minchin, which takes the government to task with exquisite and deserved brutality. I love it.



Even the Ruby Princess had a captain, indeed.
isis: (squid etching)

[personal profile] isis 2020-04-10 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oof. Even this American gets 75% of that (and yeah, we're longingly watching Jacinda Ardern as well, must be nice to have a real leader).
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[personal profile] trepkos 2020-04-11 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for that video!
corvidology: Tim's gleeful face ([EMO] GLEE)

[personal profile] corvidology 2020-04-11 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the vid link!
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[personal profile] lokifan 2020-04-13 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome yet horrifying.

Even the Ruby Princess had a captain, indeed.

Amazing line.