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High School High Jinks Look Real Deal - But Can It Last?

5 September 2007

SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH 9.30pm, ABC: The mockumentary. It looks and sounds like the real thing but it's another series of constructions from the clever Chris Lilley. The big question is: can he sustain a sense of direction and development through the three characters around whom his eight-part series revolves? They are Mr G, a not entirely self-effacing drama teacher at an "average" Australian high school where the school bully is an obstreperous Tongan boy, Jonah Takalua, and swish private school ..... read full story

From Analysis . . . To Analyst

1 September 2007

Peter Ellingsen thought journalism was for life. For a man curious about human nature yet obsessed with words, it was the perfect job. But then the former Age writer went a step further... read full story