The Slap, an eight-part television series based on a novel by Greek-Australian author Christos Tsiolkas and screened on the Australian channel ABC1, has been nominated for an Emmy award in the United States. The presentation of the winners will be in New York on Nov. 19.
Some of the Greek-Australian actors of the series are: Alex Dimitriadis, Lex Marinos, Toula Gianni, Aris Gounaris, Dimitris Baveas, S. Mouzakis, Tseltin Tsiolka and Eugene Frangou.
The story begins at a barbecue in a suburb of Melbourne where a man slaps a three-year-old boy across the face. The child, Hugo, had been misbehaving without any intervention from his parents, “the steely-eyed Rosie and the wimpish Gary.” The slapper is Harry, cousin of the barbecue host and an adulterous businessman whose slightly older son, Rocco, is being threatened by Hugo.
This event sends the other characters “into a spiral, agonizing and arguing over the notion that striking a child can ever be justified. Some believe a naughty boy should be taught some discipline, others maintain the police ought to be brought in to investigate a common assault,” with a range of positions in between.
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