classy aussie drama

Oct 01, 2008 13:24

I downloaded an episode of City Homicide the other day, the third one of this season so I'm a little behind, and I just got through watching it.  You know what I love about this show?  The dialogue.  In one scene a female cop says, "I'm scared" and a male counterpart replies, "yeah, we're all packing it."

We're all packing it?

In Australia's top rating drama?

Nicely played City Homicide.

I have previously heard the line, "the guy just cracked it," and I believe early on in the series someone "chucked a spaz".   They keep throwing in these great Aussie sayings.  No high falutin CSI type explanations, no well considered Law and Order type dialogue, just your basic blue-collar aussie slang and it cracks me up every time because that is honestly how people talk downunder, I just can't believe they put it in a serious tv series.

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