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Nov 26, 2010 comedian and actress magda szubanski wants to better understand how world events have shaped her family. A candid account of the life of one of australias mostloved comic performers. Magda szubanski reveals melancholy, vulnerability behind. If i ever imagined meeting australian actor and comedian magda szubanski, it wasnt here. She appeared in a number of sketch comedy shows before creating the iconic character of sharon in abctvs kath and kim. Reckoning ebook by magda szubanski 9781922253224 rakuten. Her family moved to the growing country in the sixties. Magda szubanski started a dance party after the yes vote. Magda szubanski was born in liverpool, merseyside, england, united. Magda szubanski reveals melancholy, vulnerability behind new. Szubanski writes in the tradition of postmemory and secondgeneration inheritance memoirs like art spiegelmans maus 1980 or raimond gaitas romulus, my father 1998. Pig in the city, happy feet, the golden compass and stage shows.
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