An Aussie Battler

For the cast, it is hard to go past Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe.

Would the battler win? Of course. Not in the courts, but with daring do.

Of course, our politicians can get involved, but based upon their antics over the last couple of years they would be uncouth. I’d even give a cameo to the locked filing cabinet. I’d call it the Cabinet’s cabinet after Major Major of Catch 22.

Maybe the character is a bit like a Federation house – all grand frontage that leads to a lean-to at the back. Doesn’t want to rule the world, but wants a fair share.

Something heartwarming. Characters you can relate to and really get to like, but not quite sophisticated. Street smart, but honest street smart. Hard working, believes he or she can mix it up with the big players. Has a lot of front, but not brash.

A David and Goliath story, or as Australians would think of it; a little battler does good story.

Wind the clock forward. He or she can be a small business person, who does an enjoyable and authentic job, up against a multinational corporation.

— Mark Thomas

‘Croc Dundee,’ Feminists First

It should be a girl.

Margot Robbie has inherited her dad’s bar in Alice Springs. She operates with a no-nonsense style, making it a draw for tourists and locals alike.

One night she has to remove an unruly customer, which a patron videos and posts to the Internet.

She becomes a viral sensation, and soon a crew from the New York Times comes calling.

When they get to the bar, she is the real thing, and they want her to come to the States to appear in a reality TV show, “Croc Dundee, the Woman”

She reluctantly gives it a try, and is a “fish out of water” in Brooklyn, where she can’t understand the appeal of $5 cups of coffee and over-priced meals. After she encounters a bigot berating an Aboriginal (somehow one of them made it to NYC), she gives him a thrashing which is recorded by a “man on the street” with an iPhone, but this time she grabs it from the man and smashes it, saying “one viral video in a lifetime is enough.”

She packs it up and heads back to Alice Springs, where her portrait is painted for inclusion in the museum at Canberra, and she meets up with an male mate from grade school. (second grade).

Their children’s romance is rekindled and they operate the bar which is now a tourist mecca, featuring the “New York Strip Steak, cooked Brooklyn style.

They have a YouTube channel and post videos of famous people who drop by.