Playwright Alex Buzo had some interesting and entertaining points to make about his craft in an interview with Nikki Barrowclough in last Saturday's Good Weekend. As well as lamenting the current state of theatre, he spoke about the Australian idiom and stressed that, contrary to popular belief, there are strong regional variations in the Australian accent. Exhibits one and two are politicians Alexander Downer and Bob Katter. "One of them's from Adelaide, the other is from Townsville," Buzo is quoted as saying. "If you tell me there's no difference, you're a crazy person."