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Bit of Black Business – Jackie Jackie (2007)

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Jinaali gets a dressing-down

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

In her nervousness, Jinaali (Elaine Crombie) makes a faux pas over the loudspeaker. Her boss Mr Chuck (Roy Billing) has something to say about that, and more!

Curator’s notes

In his efforts to belittle and humiliate Jinaali, her mean boss refuses to pronounce her name correctly, even calling her Jedda at one point (a reference to Charles Chauvel’s landmark Jedda, 1955).

The New Zealand-born Roy Billing has been a regular presence on Australian screens since the early 1990s. He won an AFI Award for playing 'Aussie Bob’ Trimbole in Underbelly – Series 2 (2009).