The Girl From Moonooloo

The Age's Brian Courtis says "Weaver, a consummate performer in this frothy TV musical, helped us accept the patent silliness of what we were seeing. There were many entertaining performances (Atkins, Henry Szeps, Noelene Brown and Margo Lee were excellent). Ros Coleman's choreography made use of the limitations of the small screen and, judging by the splendid art deco sets, designer Roger Kirk is ready for Busby Berkeley's return. But a big, rare thank-you to Auntie for finding in her program schedules the roomooloo..."^[2] Michael Shmith in the Age's Green Guide wrote "It is all wonderfully harmless stuff: the girl, the boy, the villain; the songs, the dances, the big production numbers. The Girl From Moonooloo is firmly tongue-in-cheek; one of those affectionate tributes to the 1930s which only minds of the 1980s are able to achieve."^[3]

The Sydney Morning Herald's Kerry Brown says "Made as a Hollywood-style musical, it suffers rather badly from an ABC-style budget. To compensate for its deficiencies, this less-than-extravaganza inundates us with Sydney landmarks."^[4] Richard Coleman in his TV Extra column in the Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "it turned out, Moonooloo was just an excuse to try out a few [Sydney Theatre Company] song-and-dance routines. Jacki Weaver, left without a character to portray, played the dumb blonde and smiled a lot."^[5]

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