''Influence'' is a 2005 play by David Williamson about a right-wing radio "shock jock". It was inspired by the popularity of such personalities as
Stan Zemanek
Stan Zemanek (29 May 1947 – 12 July 2007) was an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter, radio producer and author who presented a night-time show on The Macquarie Network station 2UE in Sydney and which was networked across part ...
,
John Laws
Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a Papua New Guinean-born Australian radio announcer. For 50 years, until 2007, he was the host of an Australian morning radio program combining music with interviews, opinion, live adverti ...
and
Alan Jones.
Williamson described the lead character as "a racist, homophobic, neo-con, horrible shock jock... I really enjoyed writing him because I let all my deep racist, sexist impulses and anti-Muslim impulses flow out, because I know they're there underneath and I know that I don't really believe in that value system but I know that lurking deep within us there's the capacity to be bigoted, shocking and terrible."
References
External links
review of 2005 Sydney productionat ''Sydney Morning Herald''
at ''The Age''
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Plays by David Williamson
2005 plays