Summer Lovin'

I've spent the last few evenings howling and weeping - nothing new there, I guess - but this time, my wailing was induced by watching Summer Heights High, a mockumentary series set in an Australian public school, written by and starring Chris Lilley, who plays three parts in the show: Ja'mie King, a racist, snobby, bitchy private school exchange student; Jonah Takalua, a 13-year-old ADHD-afflicted, special ed Tongan bully; and, my favourite, Mr G, a petty, mincing, self-centered drama teacher - sorry, Director of Performing Arts - who is determined to stage a lavish school musical based on a Summer Heights High student who died from an Ecstasy overdose. 

Crass, tasteless, offensive, racist - and all the better for it - SHH is like Mean Girls meets Home and Away meets The Office meets Nighty Night. It's absolutely brilliant television.  Dig it up somwhere - you'll thank me later. *dick* tation