Ned Kelly without a Beard

Before Justin Kurzel’s 2019 adaptation of Peter Carey’s 2001 Booker Prize winning The True History the Kelly Gang came out, almost a dozen films had already been made about outlaw Ned Kelly. Raising money for new film seemed like an impossible task. What untold aspects are there this story? Kurzel, as Carey, was not interested in telling how it really was. Rather he became history can be "stolen" and turned into political agenda. oft-told story continues to define way Australians think themselves their national identity. disturbing take on book is likely turn out crowd pleasing, popular film. This paper aims examine deliberately breaks with received notions representations. A beardless succeeds alienating rather than identifying viewer main character, thus highlighting artificial character myth.