lightless_shado
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There are some clips on youtube should be able to work for americans.
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Angry Boys. From creator of Summer Heights High
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Poimandres
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I thought the first episode was alright, not exactly side splittingly hilarious though.
Then again, I wasn't the biggest fan of his previous shows so maybe it's just not my thing. Worth watching anyway.
Then again, I wasn't the biggest fan of his previous shows so maybe it's just not my thing. Worth watching anyway.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Pretty good ep, dropped some N Bombs. Lookin forward to the surfer derro.
The Storyteller
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S. Mouse is a bore.
Spotless Mind
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This show is terrible so far, which is disappointing since i loved Summer Heights High. It desperately needs more gran, as she is the only character i find remotely funny.
The Storyteller
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Yeah, things aren't looking good, 2 really boring episodes in a row. Hopefully the Japanese mum can be the J'amie this show desperately needs.
Discotheque
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Will check out the latest episode later tonight.
S. Mouse is kinda boring but he's also a scarily accurate parody of Soulja Boy
S. Mouse is kinda boring but he's also a scarily accurate parody of Soulja Boy
GAF A60-Rim A
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This is just painful to watch. Does this show have writers? It could probably do with some good ones.
The Storyteller
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It seems like there is more ad libbing by Chris than normal, so a lot of the scenes just meander on with one note jokes.GAF A60-Rim A said:
The way he has been introducing the characters has been rather poor as well, they should've all been introduced in the second episode after the premise was established.
It also feels like he's adding superfluous scenes to stretch the show out to the 12 episodes ordered, he's never worked with that many episodes before so that might be part of the problem.
The editing just isn't working, which is unfortunate considering that was one of the strongest aspects of SHH.
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In other words, he should have just done Angry Girls, starring Gran, Ja'mie, Asian Mom, etc...
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Damn, missed it.
ColonialRaptor
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OH MY GOD YES!!! This show rocks, I don't know how you're disappointed it's so funny... lol.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Haven't watched yet, but i was fearing he'd bring out that terrible S.Mouse character again. Will check it out, but it went from a really promising first episode to a really shitty second one and it doesn't sound like the third is much better.
BladeoftheImmortal
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The only Australian show I've watched is The Chaser's War on Everything.
i loved it.
i loved it.
lunchtoast
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Watched the first 3 episodes last night. Really enjoyed the first one. The next two were more like just watching a documentary rather than trying to be funny, but it's still enjoyable to watch. Now to see what this Japanese mom is about.
The Storyteller
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Show is getting better. But tonight it was overshadowed by Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable, which probably had more laughs in its first episode than most of Angry Boys so far.
Kermit The Dog
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Well interest in this series certainly died in the arse. Just got around to watching the final episode and it basically typified the series as a whole. Repetitive, meandering, aimless, inexplicable, and the final few minutes particularly ridiculous.
I still liked it though.
I still liked it though.
The Storyteller
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It's a pretty bad show, dont bother.
Yeah. Stupid HBO, have nothing new from end of boardwalk last month to new luck in 3 weeks
It's boring and unfunny as fuck. I wouldn't waste my time.
shanshan310
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Never been a Chris Lilley fan, tbh. He relies on shock value and cringy humour that just doesn't pull me in at all. We can be heroes was alright, but I hated summer heights high and this is just as bad.
Kitschkraft
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Been following this on HBO, finished episode 8 last night.
I thought Summer Heights High was fantastic, We Can Be Heroes was okay, but this is kind of boring and not very funny.
For SHH, I felt like the humor stood on it's own...I actually never really felt "This is supposed to be funny because the same guy is doing it", I felt that it was funny because the characters themselves were genuinely funny (Meaning, he actually could have cast three separate people for each role, and I still would have loved it as long as the performances were the same). I've watched that show over like 3 times. Only times when the humor seemed based on Chris Lilley dress up was when people would claim that Ja'mie was "hot" or whatever but that was few and far between.
For this show, and for WCBH to a lesser extent, it feels like Lilley as the character is far more important than the character itself. I don't really get what's supposed to be interesting outside of the fact that it's him doing it, these people can't stand on their own.
S'Mouse is the perfect example of this. NOTHING to that character, the only "humor" lies in the blackface, which isn't funny to me personally, and honestly, it's not really considered as "shocking" or whatever as it used to be. Jonah was sort of a Polynesian version of blackface, but the character itself was genuinely funny and surprisingly made me empathize with him at times. Same thing with the mom character, nothing to it except a fake Asian accent, and every now and again some humor revolving around her treatment with the son.
Coincedentally, S'Mouse's dad might be the funniest part of this show, he's actually hilarious in the small parts that he gets when he's telling off S'Mouse.
I see that most of you didn't seem to like it either, I've only 4 episodes left so I'll obviously just see it through (HBO has been adding 2 episodes at a time the last week or two), maybe he'll surprise me with something good at the end.
I thought Summer Heights High was fantastic, We Can Be Heroes was okay, but this is kind of boring and not very funny.
For SHH, I felt like the humor stood on it's own...I actually never really felt "This is supposed to be funny because the same guy is doing it", I felt that it was funny because the characters themselves were genuinely funny (Meaning, he actually could have cast three separate people for each role, and I still would have loved it as long as the performances were the same). I've watched that show over like 3 times. Only times when the humor seemed based on Chris Lilley dress up was when people would claim that Ja'mie was "hot" or whatever but that was few and far between.
For this show, and for WCBH to a lesser extent, it feels like Lilley as the character is far more important than the character itself. I don't really get what's supposed to be interesting outside of the fact that it's him doing it, these people can't stand on their own.
S'Mouse is the perfect example of this. NOTHING to that character, the only "humor" lies in the blackface, which isn't funny to me personally, and honestly, it's not really considered as "shocking" or whatever as it used to be. Jonah was sort of a Polynesian version of blackface, but the character itself was genuinely funny and surprisingly made me empathize with him at times. Same thing with the mom character, nothing to it except a fake Asian accent, and every now and again some humor revolving around her treatment with the son.
Coincedentally, S'Mouse's dad might be the funniest part of this show, he's actually hilarious in the small parts that he gets when he's telling off S'Mouse.
I see that most of you didn't seem to like it either, I've only 4 episodes left so I'll obviously just see it through (HBO has been adding 2 episodes at a time the last week or two), maybe he'll surprise me with something good at the end.
Spotless Mind
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It should have been solely based around the twins and grans storyline and cut down to a 6-7 episode order. All the other subplots are extraneous, unfunny and so loosely linked that you have to wonder what the point is.
There are some good elements to this show, but they're surrounded by so much obvious padding.
There are some good elements to this show, but they're surrounded by so much obvious padding.
The Storyteller
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Yep. Show was terrible. Really disappointed that this is the Lilley show that gets aired and funded by HBO.
My biggest criticism with this show is that it just doesn't feel as 'real' as his other two shows - particularly SHH. Yes, all his characters are exaggerated in some way, but watching, say, Jai'me feels like your watching a spoilt rich teenage girl. I've certainly dealt with that kind of person, and its spot on. Jonah was also spot on.
In this series, its only Gran and the Twins that feel like that (and maybe Blake the surfer to a much smaller extent). My favourite 'joke' across the whole Angry Boys series was when Daniel describes the way they go on different 'mainies' down the street, because that felt spot on to me. I've met plenty of boys like that, and it felt like something lifted straight out of their life. Though, interestingly, according to some interview I read (avclub, maybe?) it seems he actually made it up, which I guess makes the way he can relate to a character all the more impressive.
The thing is, I don't think he does this with a character like S. Mouse. Certainly, as a 22 year old male born and raised in South Australia, I'm so far off the Soulja Boy style character he is portraying, and if there were subtle 'real life' moments in the series I could very well miss them - but I don't think I have. Everything about his character seems to come down to huge stereotypes. I'd wager this is because Chris Lilley is a hell of a lot closer to me than he is S. Mouse, so, much like I would struggle to pick up such situations, he would likely struggle to write them. The fact that the best characters in the shows are linked closest to Lilley's life drives this home. Next series needs to be closer to what he knows, and will likely be all the better for it.
In this series, its only Gran and the Twins that feel like that (and maybe Blake the surfer to a much smaller extent). My favourite 'joke' across the whole Angry Boys series was when Daniel describes the way they go on different 'mainies' down the street, because that felt spot on to me. I've met plenty of boys like that, and it felt like something lifted straight out of their life. Though, interestingly, according to some interview I read (avclub, maybe?) it seems he actually made it up, which I guess makes the way he can relate to a character all the more impressive.
The thing is, I don't think he does this with a character like S. Mouse. Certainly, as a 22 year old male born and raised in South Australia, I'm so far off the Soulja Boy style character he is portraying, and if there were subtle 'real life' moments in the series I could very well miss them - but I don't think I have. Everything about his character seems to come down to huge stereotypes. I'd wager this is because Chris Lilley is a hell of a lot closer to me than he is S. Mouse, so, much like I would struggle to pick up such situations, he would likely struggle to write them. The fact that the best characters in the shows are linked closest to Lilley's life drives this home. Next series needs to be closer to what he knows, and will likely be all the better for it.
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