22-year-old gun Amelia Navascues has been tapped as Triple J’s next movie reviewer, and if you’ve turned on a radio at any point in the past few years, you’d recognise the importance of being Marc Fennell’s replacement. If not, here’s a brief rundown: it’s a big bloody deal.
Congrats to @thewireradio volunteer @ameliachloe2610 for scoring her dream gig @triplej as the new movie reviewer!???? pic.twitter.com/yaKnuwTB2z
— The Wire (@thewireradio) June 6, 2017
While it’ll take a hot minute for audiences to get acquainted with the young gun, it’s already pretty clear the J’s have made a sage decision in acquiring her services. Navascues has already produced some ace content for community radio orgs 2SER, The Wire and FBi, in addition to studying a Bachelor of Communications at UTS.
If you’re absolutely fanging to get an idea of what Navascues’ reviews might sound like, the pitch she used to apply for the gig is available for listening online.
“The film at too many times feels almost black comedy in its inexcusable inauthenticity, and barely scrapes the surface on a tragic period of history that truly deserves far more filmic justice.”
Elsewhere, Navascues is also a pretty keen photog and avid doodler, as evidenced by these luscious visuals:
She told her new employer that she’d be stoked if Adam Sandler played her in a biopic, so watch this space for her ten-year retrospective on Click.
In somewhat more ~srs~ news, she also told ’em “I’d really just love to see more voices being heard in arts criticism and I think it’s about time the people criticising art should reflect the Aussie landscape!”
Source: Triple J.
Photo: Instagram.
