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Alternative title: Black B*tch
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Total Control
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'An unlikely national hero, Alex is catapulted into government in a cynical power play. Used, abandoned and underestimated, now she's on a path that will send the political establishment into meltdown.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Notes

  • The series was originally referenced as Black Bitch (usually presented in the form Black B*tch), which was listed as a working title (see, for example, https://www.if.com.au/abc-orders-black-btch-old-peoples-home-for-4-year-olds-and-asks-will-australia-ever-have-a-black-prime-minister/); before the series premiered in Australia, people noted that the title was a racial slur and a problematic choice.

    However, media around the series' premiere at Toronto International Film Festival continued to use this title (see: https://dramaquarterly.com/conversation-starter/), and so it is listed on this bibliographical record as an alt. title.

    For Australian release, the series was ultimately titled Total Control.

Includes

1.3
form y separately published work icon Total Control [Episode 1.3] Pip Karmel , Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019 20269393 2019 single work film/TV Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019
2.1
form y separately published work icon Total Control [Episode 2.1] Stuart Page , Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021 23367770 2021 single work film/TV Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2021

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Works about this Work

‘Oh, I Have a Temper’ : Deborah Mailman on Rage, Representation and Total Control Celina Ribeiro (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 23 October 2021;

'As she returns to her dream role in the hit political drama, Mailman muses on the pressure of carrying a series, the moment that gave her ‘goosebumps’ and how far Australian TV has come in her lifetime'
Stream Drama Steve Dow , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 79 no. 1 2020;

'On a wet and squally September day in Sydney, being greeted by Deborah Mailman is a tonic. Wearing reading spectacles and a black tracksuit top with white stripes, she steps away from her laptop in this ABC office to smile radiantly with both arms extended for a handshake. Then she throws her head back, claps her hands and laughs when I recite her salty dialogue as a senator in Total Control, the stormy political television drama series directed by Rachel Perkins.'  (Introduction)
Stateless and the Inhumanity of Detention Andrew Hamilton , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 March vol. 30 no. 5 2020; 'I've been watching Stateless, the ABC drama about Australia’s immigration detention system, with some reluctance. Not because it is poor, but because it is so powerful.' (Introduction)
New TV Series Taps Pool of Talent 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 28 November no. 690 2018; (p. 4)

'New drama series Black B*tch (Working Title) starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffith will be coming to ABC television next year.'
New TV Series Taps Pool of Talent 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 28 November no. 690 2018; (p. 4)

'New drama series Black B*tch (Working Title) starring Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffith will be coming to ABC television next year.'
Stateless and the Inhumanity of Detention Andrew Hamilton , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 8 March vol. 30 no. 5 2020; 'I've been watching Stateless, the ABC drama about Australia’s immigration detention system, with some reluctance. Not because it is poor, but because it is so powerful.' (Introduction)
Stream Drama Steve Dow , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 79 no. 1 2020;

'On a wet and squally September day in Sydney, being greeted by Deborah Mailman is a tonic. Wearing reading spectacles and a black tracksuit top with white stripes, she steps away from her laptop in this ABC office to smile radiantly with both arms extended for a handshake. Then she throws her head back, claps her hands and laughs when I recite her salty dialogue as a senator in Total Control, the stormy political television drama series directed by Rachel Perkins.'  (Introduction)
‘Oh, I Have a Temper’ : Deborah Mailman on Rage, Representation and Total Control Celina Ribeiro (interviewer), 2021 single work interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 23 October 2021;

'As she returns to her dream role in the hit political drama, Mailman muses on the pressure of carrying a series, the moment that gave her ‘goosebumps’ and how far Australian TV has come in her lifetime'
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