Maybe The Dingo Ate Your Baby

The wrongful conviction of lindy chamberlain after a dingo killed her infant, azaria, prompts further scrutiny into justice and media narratives surrounding this iconic australian story. In a 1991 episode of seinfeld, the character elaine, trapped in a boring conversation with another woman, utters an iconic line: Maybe the dingo ate your baby. The quip may have seemed nonsensical, especially to americans unfamiliar with dingos. But it was actually based on a true event.

She was doing it out of frustration to mock the lady who was blabbering and kept calling her fianc baby. It's a reference to the 1988 movie a cry in the dark starring meryl streep, who uses a new zealand/australian accent, as this movie was based on a true story. In august 1980, an australian family suffered a tragedy while camping in uluru (also known as ayer's rock) in northern territory, australia. Lindy and michael chamberlain's baby, azaria, was. Elaine's famous line maybe the dingo ate your baby! i have lost my fiance.