{"id":1848,"date":"2010-11-10T21:27:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T08:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2011-12-31T09:37:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T20:37:31","slug":"outrageous-fortune-no-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1848","title":{"rendered":"Outrageous Fortune (no spoilers)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ&#8217;s longest-running drama <em>Outrageous Fortune<\/em> ended last night, at the close of season 6, still owning the ratings and once again becoming a global trending topic on Twitter. Phenomenon.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.voxy.co.nz\/files\/imagecache\/article_extra_large\/files\/outrageous_fortune3.jpg?w=660\"><\/p>\n<p>I wonder if the West family are now iconic fictional Kiwis who will last the ages? They must come close. They&#8217;re getting their own museum exhibit, even. They definitely have a distinctively Kiwi style, and they&#8217;ve been hugely successful here. But to last, they need to do more. They need to own a chunk of this nation&#8217;s symbolic real estate. Kiwis need to see a bit of ourselves in them, something that hasn&#8217;t been well-expressed anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm, who else is there? Definitely <a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/FootrotFlats\">this guy<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pub\/images\/TheDog_1714.gif?w=660\"><\/p>\n<p>Even though he existed mostly in very brief sketch comedy, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Dagg\">this guy<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0q5AejN7rFU\/SX41r9pa1mI\/AAAAAAAAAUg\/1sEJbgK3UCg\/S220\/fred_dagg_loudoon.jpg?w=660\"><\/p>\n<p>Probably <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jake_the_Muss\">this guy<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i3.bebo.com\/035a\/8\/mediuml\/2007\/10\/03\/04\/16185273a5717676069ml.jpg?w=660\"><\/p>\n<p>Maybe <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_of_the_Conchords_(TV_series)\">these guys<\/a>? Too soon to tell?<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.boston.com\/ae\/tv\/blog\/flight.jpg?w=660\"><\/p>\n<p>(I know, let&#8217;s consult Wikipedia&#8217;s index of <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Fictional_New_Zealand_people> fictional New Zealanders&#8230;<\/a> Hmmm. A few anime characters, a couple of misbegotten superheroes, and Madge Allsop. Er&#8230; go Kiwi?)<\/p>\n<p>My instinct is that the Wests will last. What d&#8217;you reckon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NZ&#8217;s longest-running drama Outrageous Fortune ended last night, at the close of season 6, still owning the ratings and once again becoming a global trending topic on Twitter. Phenomenon. I wonder if the West family are now iconic fictional Kiwis who will last the ages? They must come close. They&#8217;re getting their own museum exhibit, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1848\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Outrageous Fortune (no spoilers)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[70,90,31],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-and-also","tag-nz-culture","tag-outrageous-fortune","tag-tv"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8D9ZE-tO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}