Did anybody else, watching Alexander Downer on Australain Story tonight, have the same cringing sensation you get while watching Ricky Jervais on The Office? In the same way that Jervais' character parades before the documentary camera as God's gift o mankind while in fact nobody can stand him, Downer portrayed his family life embarrassingly.
His wife explained how he did silly things such as if she expressed hunger he would say that she looked like she wouldn't need a meal for a year. Alexander also how explained that one of his wife's most enjoyed meals was one he'd prepared from a recipe book. He also jokingly suggested to his mother that she should change her birthday so that it didn't clash with his trip to Washington.
It gets worse.. describing himself as a "Sherman tank", Nicki explaining that "he loves the United States" and that Downer had a Bush/Cheney sticker on his car, And the Popeye-inpired line "I'm very much my own man, and I am as I am." He's very important obviously, as he has to run for the plane to Canberra.
Now, here's the odd part- the bit in the doco where Downer gets patted on the head by Condi and friends has been subsequently published by The Age as a news item! Apparently he's God's gift to the world.
Anyway, after the meetings God's gift is shown to be a scaring family man, ringing his mother for the birthday. First he forgets to enter Australia's area code (ouch) and then can't get through anyway. I'm sorry, but by now I had tears of laughter in my eyes.
It won't be appropriate to comment after next week's part, in which Alexander will be shown as a caring man in the face of tragedy.
I'll bet there'll be a few more "news" stories yet in this little advertising campaign.
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