"Strange Bedfellows" clearly represents an important aspect of urban Australian culture - mateship. Ralph agrees to help Vince and pretend to be a gay couple even though they live in a close-minded, slightly homophobic little country town. It is also about the importance of family and friends, being yourself, accepting change, and two Aussie blokes getting in touch with their feminine side. The colloquial and Aussie slang in the movie presents an image of the …showed first 75 words of 550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 550 total…Brotherhood was never like it; friendship is not the word; but deep in that body of marching men the soul of a nation stirred" Banjo Paterson wrote in his poem 'Australia Today 1916'. Australia had only been settled by white Australians for almost two centuries, yet already a strong nationalism had emerged. An Identity. The words larrikin, mateship, courage, egalitatarism, resourcefulness and independence come to mind. This is all shown in the film 'Strange Bedfellows'.