http://www.anewleaf.com.au/2007/04/23/courteney-hocking-un-australian/ Your independent guide to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.anewleaf.com.au/2007/04/23/courteney-hocking-un-australian/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 Mandy B. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:29:14 +0000 http://www.anewleaf.com.au/2007/04/23/courteney-hocking-un-australian/#comment-6262 I'm surprised at this review. I saw the show and thought it deftly avoided the cliche of inner city lefty comic while still covering an interesting topic. I find that someone like Hocking is able to draw an audience in because they don't rant (Quantock) but they aren't afraid to be political, even though it can sometimes put some audience members off. It went in my top five I've seen so far this year. I’m surprised at this review. I saw the show and thought it deftly avoided the cliche of inner city lefty comic while still covering an interesting topic. I find that someone like Hocking is able to draw an audience in because they don’t rant (Quantock) but they aren’t afraid to be political, even though it can sometimes put some audience members off. It went in my top five I’ve seen so far this year.

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