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MAS104 - Australian Media 2004 Major Essay "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Living in the [twentieth century] means learning to be American." (Dusan Makavejev quoted in Elsaesser 1994, p. 24) To what extent is Australian television and film Americanized? Before a discussion of this topic can begin, one must define the term 'Americanized' and its meaning within a media context. The Macquarie Dictionary (Delbridge et al, 1996: 54) defines it to be "To make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the United States of America." Within the confides of media, the term 'Americanized' means utilizing the Hollywood model of filmmaking and television programming and replicating them on an Australian screen. One line of response to this question is that Australian film and television is in fact not Americanized. Rather, certain elements of the Hollywood model have been borrowed and manipulated as...

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