KENNY
Kenny, (2007, Australia), dir Clayton Jacobson, starring Shane Jacobson Kenny is a new comedy from Australia that seeks to break the Hollywood stranglehold and in so doing invoke a new angle on life. Filmed as a parody or pastiche (mockumentary is the term used by most reviewers), it follows Kenny on his daily routine, working as a portaloo installer for events and festivals in Melbourne. Things are relatively quiet but then the midsummer madness begins, events like The Melbourne Cup and the St Kilda Festival provide a backdrop to Kenny’s constant ruminations on life and shit, something that might be called toilet wisdom. But the film never goes for all out belly laughs, but is as likeable and gentle as Kenny himself. The narrative drops half way through, as Kenny goes to an expo in Nashville, chats up an air hostess, makes a deal in Japan via a businessman he dubs the Sushi Cowboy. Other memorable characters in the film are Kenny’s workmates, his father, brother and son. Kenny is