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Obviously the inspiration for America's grossly underrated gem "Grosse Pointe", "Shark Bay" was a wickedly clever satire that effectively skewered every Australian soap from Home and Away to Neighbors, while also managing a few pointed shots at Yank soaps like Melrose Place and Twin Peaks, as well.The premise was that this fictional serial had already been running for about 25 years, so that viewers were introduced to the drama with Shark Bay's milestone "8,000th" episode. On the surface, the series didn't seem much different from the programs it spoofed: glamorous divas, uber-bitches, internecine struggles for power and wealth, sex, adultery, murder. No cliché or hoary plot-twist was left untouched by Shark Bay's brilliant writing team.What really made "Shark Bay" special was that the actors (more than a few of whom were vets of the very productions satirized) played it all straight. There were no comic double-takes or winking to the audience as if to say, "Ho, ho, ho...we're in on the joke, too." They managed to tread a fine line between the serious and the absurd, which resulted in a humor that was often quite subtle. For instance, the series was supposed to be set in one of Australia's most beautiful bays, yet was filmed in an area that gave it a deliberately tacky, low-budget look. For this reason, the satirical nature of "Shark Bay" sadly eluded many people, who thought it was just another bad home-grown soap. For those of us who got the joke, it sure was a great laugh.
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