Razzle Dazzle

Mr Jonathon's Jazzketeers isn't your average Aussie tween dance troupe. Foregoing Britney and J-Lo in favour of routines highlighting the plight of Afghani women, the perils of capitalism and the threat of skin cancer (500 appliquéd velvet melanomas should do it), Mr Jonathon (played by Brit comic Ben Miller) is changing the world, one grapevine at a time. Though all this is impish enough, and bound to prove even the most brittle of funny bones ticklish, potential viewers of Razzle Dazzle should be advised that they're likely to experience a seriously strong sense of déjà vu throughout. The mock-doc method and momentum towards the big competition performance stirs up countless previous efforts, the slickest, blackest, and best of which being 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous. Razzle Dazzle, though not of the same vintage, is at least from the same gene pool, so if you can live with a few familiar moves, you might just forgive it. [Lindsay West]