It's the plain situation, there's no negotiation, with the fellas at the freakin ABC
Has enough time lapsed since the last post? Must get this in quick, otherwise it'll be irrelevant...
I'll tell you this for free, I don't care at all for this stupid blathering about how "controversial" Summer Heights High is. Whoever seriously thinks that Chris Lilley and the executives in charge of the ABC* are trying to use the death of some chick who died of an overdose to score a cheap laugh are clearly suffering from something much worse than Heightened Morality Complex - they've got The Stupid.
I was watching A Current Affair tonight for the first time in ages (well, it was either that or get emotionally worked up over the dreadful state of Neighbours) and their story on it was so predictable and annoying. They interviewed some lame experts, all of whom agreed that taking drugs is most definitely NOT funny, and that having a joke at the expense of a "victim" of drugs is WRONG. Um, derbrains, the joke wasn't against the girl who had the overdose; the joke was Mr G's appallingly insensitive reaction to the death.
And it WAS funny.
Plus, some of those songs he wrote were kind of catchy. So... deal with it, everyone.
That the girl in the program and the girl who died of a drug overdose had the same name is coincidence, since the program had ceased production ten days before this woman died. The ABC shouldn't be expected to edit out that entire plotline, or even change the name (I'm presuming with the use of a lot of "Mr Black" type dubbing, a la Krusty), and its managing director, Mark Scott, was being way too reactionary in apologising to the girl's family. Believe it or not, this style of mockumentary is meant to cover some of the things that most of us, for some reason or another, would really rather avoid. It's called satire, look it up.
This kind of thing is what I consider to be real political correctness - I mean, it's rated M, everyone who watched this show has to know by now that it isn't actually real, and most of the 'edgy' content isn't really all that edgy anyway. And yet people continue to bitch about it.
I cringed more during the scenes where Jonah had some mysterious stains on his shorts, and when Ja'mie was trying to hit on a little year seven boy. How much did you feel sorry for him when she stole his phone, looked through his messages, and smashed it right in front of him? Poor kid.
* B1 and B2.
PS -- a million points to whoever gets the reference in the title.
PPS -- apologies to my fellow Square Arses for being responsible for all the yucky Google hits.
I'll tell you this for free, I don't care at all for this stupid blathering about how "controversial" Summer Heights High is. Whoever seriously thinks that Chris Lilley and the executives in charge of the ABC* are trying to use the death of some chick who died of an overdose to score a cheap laugh are clearly suffering from something much worse than Heightened Morality Complex - they've got The Stupid.
I was watching A Current Affair tonight for the first time in ages (well, it was either that or get emotionally worked up over the dreadful state of Neighbours) and their story on it was so predictable and annoying. They interviewed some lame experts, all of whom agreed that taking drugs is most definitely NOT funny, and that having a joke at the expense of a "victim" of drugs is WRONG. Um, derbrains, the joke wasn't against the girl who had the overdose; the joke was Mr G's appallingly insensitive reaction to the death.
And it WAS funny.
Plus, some of those songs he wrote were kind of catchy. So... deal with it, everyone.
That the girl in the program and the girl who died of a drug overdose had the same name is coincidence, since the program had ceased production ten days before this woman died. The ABC shouldn't be expected to edit out that entire plotline, or even change the name (I'm presuming with the use of a lot of "Mr Black" type dubbing, a la Krusty), and its managing director, Mark Scott, was being way too reactionary in apologising to the girl's family. Believe it or not, this style of mockumentary is meant to cover some of the things that most of us, for some reason or another, would really rather avoid. It's called satire, look it up.
This kind of thing is what I consider to be real political correctness - I mean, it's rated M, everyone who watched this show has to know by now that it isn't actually real, and most of the 'edgy' content isn't really all that edgy anyway. And yet people continue to bitch about it.
I cringed more during the scenes where Jonah had some mysterious stains on his shorts, and when Ja'mie was trying to hit on a little year seven boy. How much did you feel sorry for him when she stole his phone, looked through his messages, and smashed it right in front of him? Poor kid.
* B1 and B2.
PS -- a million points to whoever gets the reference in the title.
PPS -- apologies to my fellow Square Arses for being responsible for all the yucky Google hits.
Labels: A Current Affair, Summer Heights High
posted by Jacob at
12:53 pm
9 Comments:
Oh Goody! I was hoping you would address this Jacob.
Stupid Mark Scott and his lack of backbone. Apparently the Catt family are quite happy now they know that it was an unfortunate coincidence.
And it's ok, any hit is a good hit. Although I fancy the Press Gang rabids are going to be out-googling the grandma-rapists soon enough :)
the castle?
I get that the family would have been a little shocked and needed to be assured that the show was made well before the death, but the subsequent outcry/beat-up is just ridiculous.
Nice rant Jacob.
PS, having a rant in a blog is always a good thing in my opinion.
I agree that's ridiculous - and excellent point - it's mocking the INSENSITIVE TEACHER not the girl who died. And it's a bloody coincidence. Get a life, people!!!
And yes, the two things you mention were much more cringeworthy, esp the year seven boy. I'm so glad that plotline is not extending to another episode - it made me cringe.
Although I fancy the Press Gang rabids are going to be out-googling the grandma-rapists soon enough.
That has to be the most bizarre sentence ever written.
Mars - nope. Hint: cartoon series.
Nai - thanks, I was worried that this might have been more in the area of social commentary than TV blabbing.
Ariel - I agree. They "broke up" during the episode, so I think that must be the extent of it. From what I heard, Ja'mie is going to turn lesbian in the next ep, so we'll see if that's any better.
Is it a quote from the guy who sells Springfield the aerial railway thingo in The Simpsons?
And I agree, Jacob. It's so clearly a joke about the teacher, not the girl.
It's from Family Guy, right?
The Freakin FCC song.
P.S. Really good blog, I agree entirely with what you said about the whole SHH situation. I'm guessing no Logie for Chris Lilley this year...
Yay, anonymous wins!
PS. so he might not get a logie, big whoop. The whole thing is a big useless wank anyway, designed to give the illusion that there is sufficient Australian talent out there.
Yay for me!
Oooh, you clearly have strong feelings on this Logie business. And once again, I tend to agree. When the majority of awards (albeit publicly voted) go to shows like Home and Away, it's indeed a sad state of affairs.
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