Growing up, Nakkiah Lui was a big fan of Aussie sketch comedy TV shows such as Fast Forward, Big Girl’s Blouse and Full Frontal. She even tested out her own comedy stylings on her schoolmates. “I used to do Eric Bana’s ‘Poida’ character skits at assembly at high school,” the writer/actor/director tells WHO. “They were a real hit.” No real surprise then that Lui would go on to be an integral part of hit ABC Indigenous sketch comedy series, Black Comedy. The hilarious, irreverent and sometimes subversive show is back for a fourth and final series (starts Wed., Feb. 5, 9pm on ABC and view). Here, Lui tells us why she’s proud of the show and what she really thinks about diversity on screens.
You’ve come a long way since your first job at a video store in western Sydney, right?
My first job was at Civic Video in south St Marys, and to this day it’s my favourite job. I’d put on Sister Act 2 on Sundays in the store. I learnt to write watching movies.
This story is from the February 10, 2020 edition of WHO.
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