Tim Minchin opened last night’s virtual TV BAFTA awards (July 31) with a new original comedy song specially written for the cerremony – watch it below.Minchin recorded the performance remotely from Sydney with three back up singers.
The untitled song is bleakly comic and apocalyptic, decrying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the arts, and joking about how Minchin’s TV show Upright was not nominated for an award.“Tell me how do you make great art, when reality has jumped the shark?…Come hell or high water/Pandemic or disorder/We will stand up to give each other prizes,” Minchin sang.“Let’s get through these awards and get back to our real jobs/Signing virtuous petitions in our ugg boots.”Minchin also closed the ceremony with a.
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