The Cheap Seats beats up media, but in a good way
When news comedy show The Cheap Seats launched in 2021, Victoria and NSW were in lockdown, borders were closed, and there didn’t seem much to laugh about on the news. Since then, things have gotten much worse.
Hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald quickly found the secret lay in skewering those reporting the news, rather than the subject matter itself. Tonight, for example, they’re covering the Papal conclave.
“It is a really sad story,” Bracewell said. “But we’re not going, ‘Ha, ha, look at these people mourning.’ We’re going, ‘Look at this poor journalist that has been forced to cover this serious thing, and their camera’s fallen over.’
