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Paul Hogan retains his charm but has forgotten how to be funny – Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Hogan’s new film tries to make its own faults into a joke. But he’s forgotten the secret of his success: keeping a straight face.
There followed worldwide fame and catastrophic success: marriage gone, health gone, investigation by the tax office, exile in LA, another marriage gone and a string of awful movies a point he concedes several times in the new movie.
Yet nothing seemed to dent his confidence that the public does indeed want another Paul Hogan comedy 35 years after the last good one.
Here he is at 80, dragging himself off the couch of his Hollywood mansion to play a version of himself. As in so many of his plots…
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