Sunday, November 09, 2008

Summer Heights High

From VSL:

Summer Heights High is a hilariously outré mockumentary that takes place at an imaginary public school. You’ll meet bullies, victims, special-ed kids (who are played by kids with actual disabilities), and teachers (many of the characters are played by the show’s writer, a brilliant comedian named Chris Lilley). You’ll see clichés upended, and story lines that swerve, wildly, when you least expect them to. Take heed: There’s plenty of coarse language, and some of the jokes — involving rape and the aforementioned special-ed kids — are genuinely shocking (many Australians were deeply, and understandably, offended). But if you have a strong stomach and a taste for the wicked and absurd, you’ll want to catch every single episode — starting this Sunday, at 10:30, on HBO.

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