Constellation
Dismissing the truth
Featured in this constellation
Jordan Peele's fake news PSA with Barack Obama
Wearing Gillian
Zelig
Forrest Gump
Tom Cruise as Ironman - Deepfake Theater
Gough Whitlam - Dismissal
The dismissal of Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr is one of the most controversial moments in Australian politics. Whitlam’s rebuttal imploring the electorate to ‘maintain the rage’ was immortalised on TV and took on the gravitas of Shakespearean tragedy.