Image: Tropfest 2018 crowd looks like a heap of unpretentious fun.
Forty thousand people over a day is a lot less than the heyday of Tropfest, but the sixteen finalists are classy as the crop seems to get better every year.
What is more, the ABC has taken Tropfest to its digital heart, running the event on ABC Comedy, and providing both the whole broadcast and the sixteen finalists on iView – though only until Feb 24. There’s no excuse for talent hunters not to sit quietly in front of their computers and take the temperature of the times.