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“She‘s a naughty girl with a, bad habit, bad habit, for drugs!” 🎶  

– Mr G 

I finally came around to watching Summer Heights High after watching Ja’mie: Private School Girl and Jonah from Tonga a few years back. Chris Lilley is one hilarious and talented dude – the switch from character to character was just so convincing that if you were watching a random episode for the first time, you’d think it was 3 completely different people. Watching SHH also took me back to my days of primary schooling, rather than high school (I related more to Private School Girl) because the setting, the mis-en-scene, the acting of each and every character was spot-on. The way SHH is filmed gives it a documentary-style, making it more realistic and therefore, relatable to anyone who has attended Australian schooling, really.

The relationship to Media 1? This is just an assumption of mine, but the three characters were probably filmed during different times, but the editing made it seem like Chris immediately changed costumes and switched onto another character in an instant. That probably might not be the case, however, the ‘mockumentary’ style (or rather the editing) gives it a continuous style of filmmaking, giving the audience an impression of one time space, that is, a full day of school.

I definitely recommend this to everyone who’s looking for a laugh!

Lyreca 💫