They're a Weird Mob - Essay
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Running head: THEY’RE A WEIRD MOBA Critical Analysis of how Attitudes and Legislation has Changed the Landscape in Australia interms of Diversity, Expectations and Behaviour[They’re a Weird Mob]Name of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1THEY’RE A WEIRD MOBA true story in the form of a real-life movie titled “They’re a Weird Mob” is being usedin this essay to understand the socio-cultural transition of Australia from ancient past to thecurrent times. The movie was being released in 1966 and the socio-cultural behaviours of thattime are being shown through it (YouTube, 2018). However, the movie itself looks to havemoved away from the actuality. It appears that some behaviour in the movie can just not be thepart of the Australian culture. The paper specifically studies the differences if there are any interms of socio-cultural beliefs as shown in the movie and of the modern day Australian people inreal.In the movie, Nino is an Italian migrant and had recently arrived in Australia. The reasonbehind the arrival was to fulfil his desire and utilise his passion for writing by working for hiscousin’s Italian Language based Magazine firm as a sports writer. However, Nino had all thesurprises being landed on him when Nino cam to know that his cousin is no longer owning theItalian Language based magazine. This is because Nino’s cousin had a large debt to pay and hiscousin had no other option than to surrender the ownership to his debt provider Kay Kelly(YouTube, 2018). The story has some other characters like Kay Kelly who had provided the debtto Nino’s cousin. It had Kelly’s father Harrywho had played the role of an Anglo-Irish andshown to have immense hatred for Italian (YouTube, 2018). The character of Nino is very simple and quite understandable also as it is alwaysadvisable to adopt the country's culture the one is visiting as an immigrant. The characteristic ofKelly is understandable also as the character seems to have developed a feeling for Nino. Themovie had revealed some very eye-catching moments where it is speaking of the legislation andsocio-cultural beliefs of Australian people in 1966 (YouTube, 2018). It is really very hard to trustwhether the scenes are portraying the factual things. The moment Nino landed to Sydney, he was
2THEY’RE A WEIRD MOBmisbehaved or inappropriately behaved by the immigration officer. The immigration officer wasvery rude and strict as well. It is difficult to say why that is so. Nino was very courteous in hisapproach; however, the immigration officer was not that so (YouTube, 2018). It means theimmigration officer was unnecessarily rude and strict to the Italian Nino. Additionally, Ninowas not being allowed to wait in the airport. He was rather being forced to depart from there andsaid that no can wait inside the airport. This is really understanding how immigration officer canforce someone to leave the airport although it is quite valid to stay in the waiting zone (Fan,Guthrie & Levinson, 2016). The other moments were the interactions between Harry and Nino on different occasions.Harry had hatred feelings for the Italian people. On the other hand, he had a picture of an Italianpope on the wall of his home. Contradictions are evident in the two different thoughts (YouTube,2018). Harry appears as proud, rude and racist. The character supports a fact that Australians areracist. The movie also shows that workers are put to hard works. The work pressure is one ofthe reasons for labours falling sick (YouTube, 2018). The movie thus finds a few challenges like workplace stress, rude & strict behavioursof immigration officers and racism in regards to legislation and the socio-cultural behaviours ofAustralia in 1966. The findings are now being analysed under the existing practices of legislationand the socio-cultural behaviours in Australia. According to Williams (2016), the immigrationpolicies are tougher and challenging as well for those who represent a suspicious character.Those few characters are but not limited to like people not carrying the visa or have overstayed,people with cancelled visa, people suspected to have been involved in smuggling cases and theothers. It means the character of an immigration officer displayed in the movie is perhaps not the
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