No Spandex Required: Cleverman, Indigenous Stories and the New Superhero

It's not often that an Australian television series takes inspiration from traditional Aboriginal folklore, involves Indigenous creatives both on and off screen, and adheres sensitively to cultural protocols – but this is precisely what the ABC's Cleverman has done. Beyond that, writes Cavan Gallagher, it also refreshes the superhero genre, showing how turning to the community can be just as, if not more, gallant than the solitary messianic action audiences have become accustomed to watching.

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