ThingsAmongMany

I sat down a few weeks ago to watch TV, always gravitating towards some mindless reality show when I really wanna veg, and decided to see what HBO had to offer. There was this show called Summer Height High. With a quick skimming of the program synopsis, “A reality crew follows the lives of the students and staff at a typical Australian public highschool for one term”, I knew I was gonna love it.

And did I love it — but the joke was on me. I thought I was going to be watching a real documentary. Well it didn’t take long for me to figure it out, Summer Heights High is a Mokumentary (think The Office meets Best In Show). And it captures the hilarity/absurdity/stupidity/awesomness of reality tv drama in the smartest of ways.

Just like the synopsis promised it follows the lives of three students/staff at a public highschool.
There are the three subjects:

• 1. Jonah Takalua: a year 8, 13 year old boy with severe ADD and an attitude problem.
• 2. Mr. G: A 36 year old overly enthusiastic drama teacher, with an affinity for his chihuahua and himself.
• 3. Ja’Mie: An exchange student from a prestigious all-girls private school.

Here are clips from each of the characters if you still need some convincing: Mr G, Jonah, Ja’Mie.