‘I am a snivelling coward’: Why Shaun Micallef won’t be doing a Zelensky

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'My jaw does drop more often than it used to,' Micallef says of politics. 'And I don’t know whether that’s because things have become more outrageous or whether it’s because my fuse is shorter.' | OPINION by Peter FitzSimons politics madashell shaun...

on Wednesday saying that given Ukraine’s inspirational President Zelensky used to be a comedian, which of our current comedians would you choose to lead Australia in a crisis? There were a thousand responses, and you were the hands-down winner!] I must say that I have great admiration for President Zelensky and the things he has achieved with the Ukraine people are extraordinary. In my case, I know in my heart of hearts that I am a snivelling coward.

Do you have another persona beyond the one we see on screen? At home, are you secretly a Liberal-voting Carlton supporter who guzzles fine wines, and you’ve invented the figure we see on screen inWell, the persona on screen has been carefully cultivated over a period of almost 30 years now, and it is the product of a number of very talented writers so that I end up looking smarter than I am. But apart from that, it is pretty much me. I’m not an actor. I’m a performer.

 

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Micallef is the best comedic performer we have in Australia. Whether he's reading jokes written for him or he's conveying his own, his delivery and expression is the best.

Back in his cultural misinterpretation days.

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