I am a Heartbreak High fan from way back. But I'm certainly not a fan of the current version though!
At first, the casting looked promising but it descended pretty quickly into debauched and overdone sexualisation of teens with every girl and guy seemingly gay or bi and into anything that moved. Honestly? Whoever produced this clearly consulted with a 13 year old and retold their wet dream in the form of this series. It was infantile, fantastical and utterly debased.
Drugs were free (Westies doing coke? Yeah right..) with every character seemingly into them except the token Autistic character who was apparently on medication anyway. (Fear not, they had plenty of stereotypes to hang off her as well which was just appalling).
As someone working in schools, I laughed at this embarrassing representation of a modern high school.
Unfortunately, it's very apparent in this reboot that today's tv writers are hanging off American tropes and trying so hard to be edgy that they end up limp wristed.
This series is not only disappointing but absolutely cringeworthy.
At first, the casting looked promising but it descended pretty quickly into debauched and overdone sexualisation of teens with every girl and guy seemingly gay or bi and into anything that moved. Honestly? Whoever produced this clearly consulted with a 13 year old and retold their wet dream in the form of this series. It was infantile, fantastical and utterly debased.
Drugs were free (Westies doing coke? Yeah right..) with every character seemingly into them except the token Autistic character who was apparently on medication anyway. (Fear not, they had plenty of stereotypes to hang off her as well which was just appalling).
As someone working in schools, I laughed at this embarrassing representation of a modern high school.
Unfortunately, it's very apparent in this reboot that today's tv writers are hanging off American tropes and trying so hard to be edgy that they end up limp wristed.
This series is not only disappointing but absolutely cringeworthy.