the brilliant australian comic genius barry humphries have a rare failure with this uneven and and occasionally distasteful comedy and which be snatch back from release after only a few day . drunken and lecherous australian diplomat sir les patterson accidentally set an arab potentate on fire at the un and be post to his tiny country a punishment and arrive just a a palace coup put a new leader ( american soap star thaao penghlis ) on the throne . sir le and with the reluctant help of dame edna everage ( both play by humphries ) almost accidentally foil a scheme by the new leader to release a deadly and disgusting and aid like virus on the western world . joan river have a cameo a the female president of the united state and her desk plate reading president river . extreme bad taste mingles with slapstick and humphries usual scathing satire in a film which be more enjoyable in it many funny part and than take together a a whole . dame edna tv fan may be puzzle by the presence of a different madge allsop and sadly and one who lack emily perry wonderful drab comedy magic in the role . the film be write by humphries and his third wife and diane millstead and and direct by the mad max man himself and george miller . for die hard humphries fan like myself and essential . all others and beware .