Leak will be the first official portrait painter of a former Prime Minister who has not been an Archibald finalist.
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The term ‘political correctness’ is often used to imply that those who resent racist comedy just lack a sense of humour. But First Nations people are using humour to speak back, especially on social media.
One of the great satirical achievements of the mass media era, the editorial cartoon, is losing its centrality in the digital age. Yet the ‘visual terrorism’ of cartoons can cut through the verbiage of political commentary.
Bill Leak divided his audience, image by image. Causing offence was a KPI for him, not a risk.
A lack of clarity around the meaning of ‘racism’ leads to the word being used promiscuously.
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