Though regularly likened to many other Australian greats. Lilley has an advantage through aproviding hiss audiences with a wider repertoire of not only local characters but also those beyond the lace-curtain cul-de-sacs of typical Australian suburbia. Whether it be through Mr. G, the overly flamboyant drama teacher; Jen Okazaki, the unforgiving Asian “tiger-mother”, or Ja’mie King, an upper middle class, egomaniacal self-indulgent student from Sydney’s affluent suburbs, Lilley’s use of dramatic Irony to depict various stereotypes never ceases to make people laugh. However while his outrageous creativity manages to be hysterically funny it also manages to be bitingly poignant at the same time. He carries the ability to make a comedy drag act
