Satire And Irony In The Short Film 'Babakieuria'

Satire and irony can be used in film and entertainment to talk about the most controversial topics, especially ones involving Australia. One of these ways is seen in the short film ‘Babakieuria’, a movie that uses satire and irony to reverse the role of the Europeans invading Australia, but is set in a more modern time of 1986. This film critiques the way the whites treated the indigenous when the Europeans first settled in Australia. The movie follows Duranga Manika, a reporter gaining insight in the lifestyle of a typical white Australian family living in the suburbs, mirroring a documentary about the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of it country. Basic aboriginal issues are shown when the whites struggle, are disempowered, poverty-stricken

What was really satirical and ironic for me, was the way Australian cultural stereotypes like barbecues and football are satirised and are considered as strange ‘native customs’ and ‘rituals’. By now, white people are seen by the society as a minority, they’re lazy, untrustworthy and are categorized as hooligans and troublemakers, and this emulates the attitude the whites had against the indigenous during the 80’s. With the movie that Saloni is going to speak to us about “they’re a weird mob” tells us about migrants and dominant cultures, much like the movie ‘babakieuria’, the ‘bullying’ from this main culture and the brazen attitude towards the cultural and ethnic minority. Even though these problems aren’t so severe nowadays, this role reversal gives a clearer insight as to how merciless and cruel the white government actually treated and may still treat the aboriginal culture