'Paradise Beach'

Local Cultural Implications

Authors

  • Jacki Malone Queensland University of Technology
  • Peter Schembri Queensland University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600000507

Keywords:

'Paradise Beach', cultural implications, suburban serial

Abstract

According to one newspaper report, Paradise Beach was initially marketed in the US as a ‘very hip, very cool’ Australian serial about three good-looking suburban kids finding romance and adventure in an endless summer. Here, in Australia, Channel 9 did something rather similar:

PARADISE BEACH is where the perfect white sand stretches for miles; where the music is hot and the party just goes on and on. It's where teenagers from everywhere converge to cut loose, find the perfect wave, and fall hopelessly in love. And that's exactly what happens with our four young and passionate central characters and their friends.

Author Biographies

  • Jacki Malone, Queensland University of Technology

    JACKIE MALONE lectures in film and media studies in the School of Media and Journalism, Queensland University of Technology.

  • Peter Schembri, Queensland University of Technology

    PETER SCHEMBRI lectures in communication and media theory in the School of Communication and Organisational Studies, Queensland University of Technology.

References

Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities. London: Verso, 1983.

‘Exporting “Paradise”’. The Age 27 May 1993:2.

Williams, Raymond. Culture. Glasgow: Fontana, 1981.

Williams, Raymond The Long Revolution. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965.

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Published

1994-06-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (1994)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Malone, J., & Schembri, P. (1994). ’Paradise Beach’: Local Cultural Implications. Queensland Review, 1(1), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600000507