LONDON (ENGLAND)
The Guardian
By Luke Buckmaster
July 10, 2018
The blunt, unflinching, much-loved show turns inappropriate questions into heartwarming TV. So what’s the trick?
Is You Can’t Ask That the most diverse television program in Australian history? The show – directed and produced by Kirk Docker and Aaron Smith – is built on a simple but empowering premise: to give misunderstood and marginalised people the opportunity to speak for themselves, by responding to a range of blunt questions they read out from printed cards.
The third season, which premieres Wednesday night on ABC TV and will be available to binge watch on ABC iView, kicks off with an episode Smith recently described as “one of the most impactful, relevant and empowering episodes we’ve ever made”.
Focusing on survivors of sexual assault, it begins with an interviewee, Nicole, reading aloud the following question: “How did you get yourself into that situation?”
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