One of Australia’s most experienced screenwriters has criticised sexism in casting which she says discriminates against women who aren’t deemed attractive and those from ethnic backgrounds.
TV pundits who were quick to categorize the overnight ratings for the premiere of Essential Media and Entertainment’s 4-part drama The Principal on SBS as disappointing were too hasty - and misleading.
Rahel Romahn is 22 but he’s carving out quite a career playing high school students of various ethnic origins, mostly rebellious or with a dark side.
The four-part drama is set in the outer-west suburb of Sunshine and its surrounds, and is a co-production between Essential Media and Carver Films.