One Direction on A Current Affair: An indictment on the state of Australian show business

By Daniel Burt
Updated November 28 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 7:59am
A "massive television special event" was promised - alas, we got 1D, which could double as an apt description of their collective personalities.
A "massive television special event" was promised - alas, we got 1D, which could double as an apt description of their collective personalities.
Tracy Grimshaw said she related to the hysteria: "I keep telling myself that for the fans in the studio it would be like me meeting The Monkees when I was 15."
Tracy Grimshaw said she related to the hysteria: "I keep telling myself that for the fans in the studio it would be like me meeting The Monkees when I was 15."
But what are the options for travelling artists? A 7.37am gig on Brekky Central with MC Kochie? Closing out <i>Q&A</i> with an acoustic set?
But what are the options for travelling artists? A 7.37am gig on Brekky Central with MC Kochie? Closing out <i>Q&A</i> with an acoustic set?

Our time on earth is fragile, random and oppressively finite. To honour the gift of any given moment we should endeavour to set aside cynicism and seek out common joy at every available turn. Life is ceaselessly rich, and there is value even in regret. That was my mantra, anyway, right up until I saw One Direction on A Current Affair.

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