Who's Afraid of the Working Class?Written by: Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves;Patricia Cornelius & Christos Tsiolkas.Who's Afraid of the Working Class? Is the story of fringe-dwellingAustralians living in an age of social, cultural and economic deprivation. The characters of the four intertwining stories are predominatelywithout work, politically uninterested and abandoned by the society inwhich they struggle to survive.The four snapshot pieces,Trash -- The heart wrenching story of two abused young children, abandoned by the world they live in, who struggle to survive on the cold streets of Melbourne.Dream-town --Two lower class public school girls are caughtshop-lifting, & are hauled before police beforebeing held in suspicion of a crime far more heinous.Money --A story of a lower class family struggling to meet ends meet.Torn apart by the need for economic stability and an inabilityto communicate with each other.Suit --The journey of a young aboriginal man estranged from reality.Unable to connect with his culture, the people in society andeven himself.These stories combine to provide a terrifyingly honest portrayal ofworking class Australians working at survival in an urban wasteland.~ A Show for our time. ~

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