The Godfather: Peter Corris on impressionists
The impulse to mimic famous actors and singers, to do impressions of their voices and mannerisms, is a compulsion with some people, including me. It’s an impulse to be...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on camping
Reading Bill Garner’s excellent history of camping in Australia, Born in a Tent (positively reviewed in the NRB), prompted me to think about his theory that camping...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on the missing backstory
Some of the very best popular songs depend for their emotional power and resonance on an unspoken backstory. Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer’s ‘One for My Baby’, made...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on the ticking clock
‘We all die, it’s just a question of when.’ Paul Newman in Hombre (1967). Some years ago it was discovered that my heart had been damaged by a couple of attacks, which,...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on Lewis without Morse
Like millions of others, I was a great fan of the English television series Inspector Morse, which ran for 13 years. Set in Oxford and based on the novels and stories...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on myths busted
Robin Hood and Little John they both have gone to the fair ’o … When I was a child my mother made a point of visiting Cheshire’s bookshop in Melbourne on her excursions...
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