Comments on: TV Weekend: Summer Heights High http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2008/11/07/tv-weekend-summer-heights-high/ A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: donitamblyn http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2008/11/07/tv-weekend-summer-heights-high/comment-page-1/#comment-17726 donitamblyn Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:43:43 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1137#comment-17726 Those who are offended by "crossed boundaries" should possibly visit real schools. The US Border Patrol couldn't stop the breaches that occur daily. This year I was both amused and alarmed to read a US high school teacher's descriptions of life at his school: http://donaldgallinger.com/dons-blog/jack-from-missouri.html Now I see that things are similar in other parts of the world. This series is far more than a brilliant comedy. Like Ricky Gervais, Chris Lillie has lifted his characters right out of reality, and is telling us something we should listen to. Yes, it's funny, but it's more than that. It's actually not a joke. Those who are offended by "crossed boundaries" should possibly visit real schools. The US Border Patrol couldn't stop the breaches that occur daily.

This year I was both amused and alarmed to read a US high school teacher's descriptions of life at his school:

http://donaldgallinger.com/dons-blog/jack-from-missouri.html

Now I see that things are similar in other parts of the world. This series is far more than a brilliant comedy. Like Ricky Gervais, Chris Lillie has lifted his characters right out of reality, and is telling us something we should listen to. Yes, it's funny, but it's more than that. It's actually not a joke.

]]> By: jponiewozik http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2008/11/07/tv-weekend-summer-heights-high/comment-page-1/#comment-17125 jponiewozik Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:36:16 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1137#comment-17125 You should have seen me as Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie. You should have seen me as Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie.

]]> By: Lulu Lulu http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2008/11/07/tv-weekend-summer-heights-high/comment-page-1/#comment-17124 Lulu Lulu Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:06:30 +0000 http://timetunedin.wordpress.com/?p=1137#comment-17124 James, you were a drama geek?!? James, you were a drama geek?!?

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