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Adaptation of Barracuda Christos Tsiolkas , 2013 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Barracuda
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'Based on the book of the same name by Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda follows young Olympic hopeful, Danny Kelly, as he deals with the pressure of obsession.'

Source: Screen Australia.

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  • Mini-series.

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Works about this Work

Fish In and Out of Water : The Embodied Aspects of Class and Sport in Barracuda Dion Kagan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Summer vol. 191 no. 2017; (p. 34-41) The ABC adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' Barracuda may have downplayed some of the novel's explicit queerness, but in its place is an astringent subversion of Australia's glorification of sporting heroism and the white, hetero-masculine ideals tied to it. Moreover, writes Dion Kagan, the narrative's focus on swimming encapsulates the country's deep investment in individualistic social mobility, with the series interrogating societal inequities rooted in class, race, gender and sexuality.
Convergent Communities : The 2016 Screen Futures Summit Mel Campbell , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Spring no. 190 2016; (p. 122-123)
Ex PM Joins ABC in 2016 Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , Matt Gilbertson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 November 2015; (p. 28)
Taking Her Cue From the Masters Penelope Debelle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 December 2015; (p. 9)
Taking Her Cue From the Masters Penelope Debelle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 December 2015; (p. 9)
Ex PM Joins ABC in 2016 Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , Matt Gilbertson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 November 2015; (p. 28)
Convergent Communities : The 2016 Screen Futures Summit Mel Campbell , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Spring no. 190 2016; (p. 122-123)
Fish In and Out of Water : The Embodied Aspects of Class and Sport in Barracuda Dion Kagan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Summer vol. 191 no. 2017; (p. 34-41) The ABC adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' Barracuda may have downplayed some of the novel's explicit queerness, but in its place is an astringent subversion of Australia's glorification of sporting heroism and the white, hetero-masculine ideals tied to it. Moreover, writes Dion Kagan, the narrative's focus on swimming encapsulates the country's deep investment in individualistic social mobility, with the series interrogating societal inequities rooted in class, race, gender and sexuality.
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