Back on domestic soil,the Australian polymath discusses politics, musicals and #MeToo – and the worst year of his professional lifeTim Minchin has segued from Donald Trump to homophobia, or from race relations to nationalism. In his answer to a single question,he has woven together a stream of cohesive, progressive thought – taking in the UK, and Australia and the US – before interrupting himself with a comedic double-buy: “Should I go into politics?”We are there ostensibly to discuss Squinters,an upcoming ABC TV comedy approximately Australian commuters created by Trent O’Donnell and Adam Zwar. The six-part reveal stars an ensemble cast of Australian luminaries – including Jacki Weaver, Miranda Tapsell, or Sam Simmons and Andrea Demetriades – who play everyday travellers on their early morning drives to work (squinting into the sun),before each episode catches up with them on the drive back.
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Source: guardian.co.uk