Why Chris Lilley Is Problematic - NitPix

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Chris Lilley's new show 'Lunatics' fails as a comedy, fails as a drama and fails even as a bland Netflix original.
In this classic NitPix review, I look at the work of Australian comedian Chris Lilley. From 'We Can Be Heroes', to 'Summer Heights High', to 'Angry Boys', 'J'amie Private School Girl' and 'Jonah From The Tonga'.
His new characters; Keith Dick; Becky Douglas; Gavin McGreggor; Jana Melhoopen-Jonks; Joyce Jeffries and Quentin Cook are as dynamic, funny and interesting as the likes of S.Mouse or Ricky Wong. Though he has had popularity with Mr G and J'amie, when Lilley is not allowed to be casually racist or flippantly homophobic, his attempts at shock humour are juvenile and turgid.
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[@MiraSubieGirl]

I have to say... "How is this Racist/Homophobic?" Have you been to Australian School? I have not seen his new show because frankly I do not find the Man funny. I have only seen Summer Heights high. But Racist? Homophobic? How??? Its Comedy -_- Why isnt any of the White characters he plays "Racist"? Im so sick of this "Wah wah racism wah wah homophobia." Hes a COMEDIAN. Not even a good one in my opinion... but a COMEDIAN. When you start taking comedic skits seriously and applying them to actual life. You are fucked up lol... Is Comedy the genre SERIOUSLY having to "pass your standard" of offence now? I was born in Communist Russia. Let speech and art, including Comedy be free. Ok Josef?

[@PeterGriffin11]

Everyone and their mothers are being sponsored by Raid

[@thesanehatteri7717]

if you want to find a bad nedlix show search gay drama belive me you will get the worst and blandest romcoms also i recommend the no kiss list and special please kill tjis genre

[@KINOkyra]

Black people are also “not [technically] black” and “skin color” 😑

[@nahnan2278]

dude u should look into 3% cause it’s a netflix original that is absolutely cinematic

[@arieldavies4845]

If u were an Aussie you’d realise just how scarily accurate and funny quentins story line was

[@adaptive_syrup745]

DJ Qunt

[@char7506]

I love this and I’m not Aussie! Wish I was lol

[@sherrysyed]

LOL

[@HeatherHolt]

Damn... Summer Heights was a classic.

[@BarryLetts379]

It was, but wasn't my favorite one Jonah from Tonga was more better

[@Cain_Hywel]

Angry Boys was the best.

[@HeatherHolt]

BIN DYCÜ i really didn’t care for angry boys. It was funny but not like summer heights was. To me. Dude definitely has talent tho

[@ayomius3342]

as a tongan, tongans are like jonah lmao, we do go to schools like those. my favorites were jonah mr g and ja’mie but my mostly favorite was jonah.

[@_Wakaz_]

So nostalgia

[@SuperSubject20]

For those who haven’t seen any Chris Lilley work before I would definitely recommend We Can Be Heroes (and Summer Heights High) before dismissing him as some hack comedy writer.

[@Cain_Hywel]

And Angry Boys.

[@kurtsaxby1479]

Summer heights high was hands down the best and most accurate thing to depict Australian high school during that era

[@cha0tic_neutral_system]

Or you could not support a racist, homophobic, transphobic asshole

[@niloufarlotus]

@@cha0tic_neutral_system “homophobic, transphobic” literally where

[@masonallen3961]

@Sam Armstrong Whatever. If not wanting to see a modern day minstrel show makes me a snowflake than I'll be a snowflake (even though several of my favorite comedians have been considered offensive). It's shocking that people were okay with his blatant racism for so long. What's wrong with you guys?

[@Vakrul]

I genuinely love Ja'mie: Private School Girl lmao, it's way too accurate to a lot of people I've used to know

[@Elizabelle79]

Agreed. I went to Abbotsleigh, the school he used as inspiration... And it is scarily accurate 😂

[@cheshirecat1212]

Ja’mie gives me PTSD flashbacks of every north shore private schoolgirl who ever bullied me.

[@tyzerro]

you say that there lacks a justification for following these characters, i began to wonder why ANY reality TV show would follow any of the strange people they follow.

[@TheSpringling]

I didn't even know anyone outside of australia even knew who chris lilley was.

[@theotakuGamer7640]

Got all my friends and an entire class to love in HS here in northern canada

[@michellensibanda7781]

we are fans in South Africa

[@animejesus8940]

Neither did I !

[@andread9807]

Portia lol me I’m from Northern Ireland!

[@doofkhwetty]

Another south african fan here. The fat pizza crew is also amazing. I think the insensitivity is what brought them to mind.

[@acetate909]

"....they're just like, skin color...." @1:47

[@xavierthevoid]

😤

[@emapage8914]

Breaking news: Racism Rates drops to 0%

[@leilaniroelofs]

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[@sammo566]

Evan Fields it’s like when people refer to peach colouring pencils as ‘skin colour’ 😬

[@worrywirt]

Technically everyone has skin colour skin 🤔

[@deltastrike7]

How can we trust this guy when he claims Netflix produces ‘bland’ shows, yet the stupid mobile game he promotes is the ‘best thing ever’

[@nxgan1088]

"How can we trust this guy?" You sound like an extremely defensive person.

[@lolindirlink]

Simply because he got around $5000 to say that. Sadly, it is most likely needed to survive, And not often a bonus.

[@nope1083]

@@lolindirlink These days it's either make an only fans or promote Raid.

[@ahnyaevans4507]

Uh oh we've got a Chris Lilley fanboy

[@deltastrike7]

Ahnya Evans I have only seen 2 of his shows, this was a shot at the sponsor of the video.

[@LadySquiffington]

Raid shadow legends is more problematic than Chris Lilley.

[@jakerockznoodles]

What isn't it more problematic than? 😑

[@LadySquiffington]

@@jakerockznoodles when everything is problematic, nothing is.

[@drghostduck]

Tbh I thought NitPix was meant to be like Nit = nit Pix = pick and picture So it was *nit picking motion pictures* I really read too much into his name

[@karichicken4909]

Emily The Weird Water same

[@originalopenplatformshow1583]

Same but i still think we are right. It just also looks like the netflix logo and that why its all encompass brilliant

[@haj5776]

Its both at the same time.

[@rio-kt7ut]

Yeah it's wordplay :p

[@Armin_Apologist]

I thought that too, it makes more sense

[@christiantoglia8334]

As a minority I love Chris Riley, his humor is so funny and the vibe is that we're all supposed to laugh with each other and no one is being luaghed at

[@susankawoya5901]

I don't care what anyone else thinks, I found it hilarious.

[@reneecrotty6910]

I stand by Chris Lilley. The world needs freaking chill pill.

[@jasminehuynh1272]

Same, I love racism 💖💖💖💖 I love that he mocks my culture 💖💖💖 I love that he does black face💖💖💖💖 I love that his behaviour is so normalised in australia 💖💖

[@reneecrotty6910]

@@jasminehuynh1272 And you have never said one negative thing about white people? I'd love to see your perfect past. 😂

[@madmikeschannel8128]

Chris Lilley is a gem. He's the good kind of crazy in a world full of the bad kind of crazy.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

@@reneecrotty6910 that’s a nice strawman

[@Jimmy-bh3qz]

@@jasminehuynh1272 have a cry about it kid

[@spikesya]

This is strange, it comes off to me as reading into things that were never meant to be super intelligent & deep comedy. Every single character, from every single Chris Lilley show, has been based around a single exaggerated trait. Pretending this is a new aspect is just wrong. It's like you just wanted to say that you don't find Chris Lilley funny, which is fine, but all the talking about 'problematic' & 'offense' seems like after the fact justification for a video that wasn't really neccessary at all.

[@lolarella2295]

The fact that this video is being centred around lunatics, which is arguably chris lilleys least "problematic" show is a tell. Why wait until a flub in his career to join the bandwagon in calling him problematic? I agree, chris lilleys work is surface level comedy, that's what he is going for.

[@aerogrenade194]

Anais Crystals huh?

[@martinweir3921]

THE THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE HE PORTRAYS ARE ACTUAL CHARACTERS OUT THERE IN SOCIETY TODAY

[@Jim-so3zm]

@@veoh112 Does your incorrect use of the word 'your' imply that you are yourself a low intellectual?

[@aliamcbride]

12:38 Peep Show. That's the only example I can think of. Because shock humour like that only works when consequences are factored in. You can't just have a character do something shocking and every other character accept it.

[@Bluegirl1777]

I just finished re-watching Peep Show and I love it, the humour and delivery is immaculate 👌

[@nxgan1088]

But what about league of gentlemen, my dudes?

[@jesusstaccato8448]

Peep Show's a great example, but did we all forget about Tropic Thunder? Robert Downey Jr does blackface in that movie in a way that satirises the racial politics of Hollywood. It's a smart use of something that makes a lot of people uncomfortable.

[@mankyt]

I feel like it’s effective in the Lethal Weapon episodes in IASIP

[@_Wakaz_]

This video basically just explained why I love Chris Lilley.

[@edraynde4648]

Jonah from Tonga will forever be Australia's gold mine of teen comedy

[@Bradley2806]

Yes it is

[@paulafunaki3538]

It's one of a kind.

[@alltrixnotreat]

I watched it here on HBO in the US!

[@declanflanagan7723]

Haha yeah so true

[@minimaestro7476]

Takes me back to year 8!

[@Eg9yBoy]

I suspect that this was a consequence of netflix restricting creative liberty. You also have to take into account that Chris is appealing to an Australian audience to which different humor standards are held and that the reliability of each character is based on the Australia experience. Coming from public schooling in Australia i cant even begin to tell you how accurate summer hights high is.

[@Eg9yBoy]

And in the case of his use of black face, its a progressive tool used by Chris to highlight that the stereotypes existing among these individuals are more a product of their environment and not their race, it allows us to sympathies with those whom he might be portraying (with the exception of S.mouse). Not saying they arnt over exaggerated but ive definitely been called a ranga a few times by Maori individuals in year 7 and seen drama teachers bitch about the funding towards sport programs. Black face can be done tastefully

[@Eg9yBoy]

compare how he portrayals the vulnerabilities and the effects of up bringing with Jonah like his mother dying and his insecurity with his literacy skills vs the unprecedented attitude of J'amie.

[@acetate909]

Netflix doesn't restrict anything. In fact Netflix is known throughout the industry as being hands off and allowing complete creative freedom. Any issues with the show are the sole consequence of Lilly's incompetent script writing ability.

[@Eg9yBoy]

@@acetate909 thanks for informing me. I stupidly made an assumption

[@merlinmediagroup]

@@Eg9yBoy Lilley hasn't been appealing solely to Australian audiences since Summer Heights High. All of his shows since then have been international co-productions so his target demographic has expanded vastly.

[@charlotte.f6462]

I saw Lunatics before I even knew who Chris Lilley was or had any preconceived ideas about him. I watched the show and really enjoyed it. There were moments where it felt slow and like not much was happening. However there were also really great moments which I feel like you have overlooked.I really don’t think lunatics is a bad show and I think because I got to watch it without knowing any of his previous shows I didn’t hold him to any type of standard or expectation. We have to remember, Chris lilley doesn’t owe us anything. Overall i disagree with you that it was a bad show, but you definitely raised some good points :)

[@RD-vn8jh]

Charlotte Franklin agreed. I liked lunatics. I still like we can be heroes and summer heights high as well.

[@JessieSocial]

Jana is a masterpiece in herself.

[@yathinkinc]

I agree. Same experience here. Being American some of the Australian slang was lost on me although i could appreciate plenty of the type of humor in Lunatics. I would classify it as stoner humor, just my opinion. I rather enjoyed the series and led me to check out more of his other work.

[@jordanroos1634]

As an Australian I feel like I’m obliged to defend him but I agree with your points.

[@SamanthaManus]

jordan roos ✊🏻 same. I didn’t hate it.

[@ronxinator9050]

Chris is an Icon

[@animejesus8940]

Same

[@versacegang4140]

@@parrotperson Same, Summer Heights High was clever but its just gotten progressively stupid and lame from there.

[@madting8082]

Ja’mie King is a legend

[@uchster9]

J'amie is iconic but youre right, his new stuff stinks of doo doo

[@baconman7178]

Michael Obiabumuo Gavin is a fuckhing legend

[@IvanTheDarkAngel]

Your mud hut stinks of doo doo as well

[@mordecaiwayne652]

I am stealing your bloody fart analogy. 10/10

[@austinandericshow2]

I loved Lunatics. Chris Lilley is a genius

[@kenosi7345]

Me too honestly

[@ema7373]

i’m always rewatching ja’mie and summer heights high, it’s so funny

[@sketchyaf8487]

you clearly didn't finish the series. the whole "message" of the show was to be yourself and love what you do no matter how much of a lunatic you may look like. all the series have a similar format but also all of them have a theme. he is a truly gifted actor, don't think he deserves this bashing when you clearly don't understand his point

[@nxgan1088]

"Bashing" he's literally just sharing his opinion. There's no need for you to get your knickers in a twist because you like Chris Lilley.

[@dietcokehead350]

I think it's important for people who can challenge and push boundaries. His characters were realistic portrayals of stereotypes from all walks of life and it was showing us they all were just people and he made you sympathize and root for the kind of person you thought you hated. And also hes really great at this style of film making if its still good why wouldn't he stick with it

[@nxgan1088]

Because the times change and at this point in time his style of filmmaking is tired. You need to freshen things up a bit so people don't get bored of you, try new things..

[@dietcokehead350]

@@nxgan1088 sure, but seems like hes more focused on world wide recognition than he is on keeping his act fresh. I dont think having a schtick is that big of a deal.

[@narcoticundertow]

MDE Presents: World Peace was a show that contrasted absurd characters with realistic, improvisational actors very well. Absurdist characters wore ridiculous costumes that broke any possible illusion of them actually fitting in; the improvisational actors were very reserved. This put central focus on the attention-grabbing absurdists, although the improvisers were important characters to the story of each sketch so they didn't feel tacked on. I guess it was a Brechtian thing. World Peace was also a very anti-PC show, but it looks good and it's fucking funny. For an example of what I mean, look up the break up sketch.

[@kbucket]

I’m feeling very attacked NitPix I actually like Lunatics, although I don’t think the name fits

[@immaturephotographer]

I loved Lunatics. Watching that made me look up Chris Lilley’s back catalogue and I loved it all. I wish your review was nicer though, every sentence in this was negative.. There were amazing parts of this show, even the effort that Chris lilley went into with the details of each character s back story. The photos and videos of them all as kids and stuff like that were brilliant. And the actual scenery was beautiful especially The scenes shot in Africa. Also it painted Australia in a great light. I remember actually saying Australia looked really gorgeous in this show as I have never been there. He is also so believable as every character. He becomes that character. I watched that whole show in two sittings and I felt empathy and sad at times, forgetting that they were not real. I think that says a lot about him. Based on all of his work I would consider him a comical genius. And I disagree with you, I think Keith dick fucking the cash register is funny.

[@knowngorilla8745]

This comment right here 👌

[@KingBlueSlimss]

The review was written with a specific audience in mind. Clearly biased

[@dylanpee4991]

Surprised to see you know Chris Lilley, seems like such an Australian thing and really wouldn’t appear outside Australia

[@brittanyroncone2175]

I used to binge watch summer heights high and I cant help it, I love all the characters from lunatics. Cheers from NY!

[@stefania5882]

I'm Canadian and watched summer heights about 10 years ago in high-school (I'm so old ☹)

[@MancstaSam]

Chris Lilleys shows have aired on Tv in the UK and were pretty popular...same with the comedy show Kath & Kim

[@yumcha16]

Your missing the point of Chris lily's humour. He's all observational of the world around him and he put it into an exaggerated form in his characters. I don't know if it's because I'm Australian and it doesn't translate well overseas or Somthing else. But when you see each of the characters you Instantly think of somone you know in real life. He has a way of picking up the little subtleties in human persona you think mostly goes ignored. In this series he's portraying some of the people you see and may have little interaction with in your life. he delves into a possible scenario of what their life might be like (in an exaggerated form). The whole series is to to make people aware and have compasion and understanding of people we may not understand. As a Comedian he does that by making people laugh at stereotype we all see but think we're not suppost to. Because the best way to make everyone get along is to make them loosen up, alow themselves to laugh at them self and realise everyone is just trying their best to get along in this life.

[@degau558]

Couldn't agree more, a lot of the humour is pretty broad but there's also so much nuance to the characters that I never feel like we're laughing at them. We're laughing at absurd things being said in gloriously deadpan ways, and the little things that we can relate to ourselves or someone we know. It's a show about letting your freak flag fly, embracing our own weirdness and idiosyncrasies, and using that to help understand others. Boiling that down to just "a guy has sex with a cash register," as an example, is missing the point. His story is about how he struggles to be happy and be himself without embracing that aspect of his life. Yeah, a lot of the show is silly situations or lines, but there's a lot of depth that I feel NitPix missed out on.

[@RD-vn8jh]

yumcha16 exactly

[@mbod2gigi]

Thank you for these comments about our Chris. This is a good analysis of his work. He is a pretty good bloke he is very clever as well as funny. Just like all of us some things he does are more sucessful than others.

[@AllRound_GG]

What you said is 100% correct. When I was in high school, the Islanders were almost exactly the same as Jonah. Even S.Mouse is awesome!

[@cherrylane9192]

Literally Any Rando that Wanders In: I got this idea- Netflix: Greenlit! We have no writers!

[@Elizabelle79]

Fun fact: They're all real actors, not non actors. They're just really good at acting like normal people.

[@smith9157]

Not true, casting for Chris Lilley shows often search for people in everyday life majority of character's not played by Chris weren't actors before. He says this on his interview with Theo von

[@gordonlatta6363]

The best shows are always misunderstood by the majority at first. I couldn't disagree with this more. These characters are absolutely brilliant, and I think there is massive strength and appeal in Chris's ability to play any character he creates so well and so believably. Boo NitPix

[@Maggerama]

>the fart smells like blood Brilliant.

[@ConfuzzledTomato]

j'amie is low key relatable 👀

[@jasonblake924]

Sometimes you don't get it, like you. I loved the series and I think it's the best thing he's done. At the end of the day I was laughing so much and that's what you need from a comedy.

[@RobynReanimates]

I've never heard of this guy or his show but you can be damn sure I'll watch a NitPix video on him

[@Awesomesufff]

Me too lol

[@PeterGriffin11]

Same

[@pineapplejester7191]

CHRIS LILLEY IS AN AUSSIE ICON

[@minnieatkins]

It’s ironic that you didn’t mention his best shows (summer heights high, j’amie, and Jonah from Tonga). I agree that lunatics was terrible. I just appreciate a full picture

[@_Wakaz_]

Summer Heights High is one of the most nostalgic shows of all time for me. It captures the 2000s era of Australian High School perfectly.

[@alwindsor7299]

I agree with you but it's hard to hate when you show footage of God tier characters like Phil Olivetti and Mr. G

[@matty9460]

Just give us what we want Chris lilly, a Mr G series

[@Olematonnimi]

Lack of ambition is problematic? What the hell does that even mean?

[@archiedonnelly2948]

Well he's comfortable and pedaling the same stuff he did 15 years ago

[@ChichiNaka]

I feel like time is weird in the teens of the 2000s, Summer Heights High came out in 2007, this is like some form of comedy from 1988 not changing and just regurgitating itself in 2000, decades aren't as defined anymore but it's insane how its literally the same thing every time

[@MentokTheMindTaker]

Lunatics sucked but Chris Lilley is a legend in Australian comedy, even upon rewatching his first 3-4 shows as an adult I find them hilarious

[@Thimble-berry]

This whole video gave me flashbacks to that wedding competition mockumentary Confetti, and I don't know how to feel about it.

[@sharkie4040]

The promos on the channel for these mobile games are so funny, you can tell he doesn’t care but still has a blast doing them anyway

[@emmascanlon5505]

i mostly used it for background noise. was just a bit dull

[@johnniehenderson6787]

jonah from tonga and summer heights high bang hard tho

[@HeatherHolt]

Johnnie Henderson “puck” you lol I loved that character.

[@johnniehenderson6787]

@@HeatherHolt yeah, but its definitely by Australians for Australians. I don't expect foreigners to understand some of it

[@calvotama6460]

@@johnniehenderson6787 I'm a Tongan Australian and we all love Jonah, because all of a sudden people knew that our islands exist, and he was bang on about how those of us raised in the west with Tongan parents often end up acting in school XD

[@johnniehenderson6787]

@@calvotama6460 defo. I'm not Tongan but the characters were always scarily accurate to real life. Foreigners think he's being stereotypical but Australia is really like that.

[@gamerman360]

Jonah from Tonga is a televised masterpiece about the struggles of growing up

[@WaniZame]

Summer Heights Hight and Angry Boys were simply brilliant. The characters were often vile but all had a humanity and were incredibly funny. He is so talented and it’s such a shame what became of his later content. Jonah properly made me sad and Mr G properly made me pity him. At least we have those!

[@RoshDroz]

I dono man. If you don't enjoy Summer Heights High anymore then I don't believe we have similar tastes. I think I'm going to have to watch this show

[@martinwooder4174]

I watched this show and in one episode were a character is moaning about his big bum. At that exact moment I got up smacked the key in the desk draw with my big bum snapping it off.

[@imamessbutitsfine2377]

If this is problematic then what is south park, family guy, etc?? I think the show is ingenius and i really don't get the hate.

[@geraldiner2527]

My issue with Lunatics is that it steered away from relatable stereotypes into more extreme, outlandish, and unrealistic characters. I mean when are you ever going to encounter a 7 foot girl or an ex p-star with mental illness in your life?

[@donatter1042]

I’ve never heard of Chris lily before now bruh

[@InvisiblerApple]

I live in Australia and grew up with Summer Heights High. You are lucky.

[@TheJavaMonkey]

Never heard of him either.

[@YungM.D.]

Chris Liley damn I didn’t even know other people knew about him

[@acetate909]

What? Dude, he's done 6 shows that air around the world. He's literally world famous.

[@YungM.D.]

TheDinoKitteh I live in America so his shows are on HBO, but nobody talks about him

[@stevestir8628]

Angry boys is literally the funniest and saddest show at the same time it’s truely a masterpiece

[@RocketGurney]

I've never heard of this man, but he looks a bit like the live action Shaggy hit a dead end after the Mystery Gang broke up and sort of let himself go.

[@breakingpoint252]

RocketGurney Ikr lmaoooo

[@HrTjernobyl]

I legit thought this was the guy who played Shaggy

[@samflitcroft4336]

I've said it once and I'll say it again, this channel gets music so right. It's always spot on man!

[@jerrymalerry8452]

As soon as I saw this video pop up I exploded with joy

[@phoebeglasscock7149]

Ngl I did struggle to enjoy Lunatics, just couldn’t get it like I could the others

[@sergiom.a.1236]

Don't get clickbait-y

[@dostuffandthings]

Great work man. I think your analysis of the structure of the show was pretty clinical and spot on. I really agree that "Lunatics" may represent a transitional phase that Lilley resisted, instead forcing a mockumentary aesthetic that seemed really off. Also, the complete lack of story didn't help and I really appreciate your breakdown of where the story of style failed. Although, I think I really disagree with your moralistic categorisation of comedy. I think this kind of rhetoric works great for a video essay, and if it simply was a property of you building your own story then I completely get it. But the idea that jokes require a moral insight is tenuous and, in a way, suspicious of comedy as a genre itself. In some ways I feel like the "edgy shock humour" you describe, without moral purpose and weak in structure, is so subjective that it's really an accusation of not lining up with your sensibilities. A lot of the time, the supposed moral journey of a joke, is the retrofitted nonsense of someone who feels too guilty or arrogant to find something on its own funny. To put it less intensely and more accurately, the social role of someone working in comedy may not be to decipher moral gaps and adequately respond to them in joke structure. But rather to search for an almost carnal compulsion to improvise joy. If a joke lands we laugh, if it doesn't we are angry from the embarrassment that we were forced to feel. We take this embarrassment and blame the person trying to be funny as if they've morally fucked us. This is just a disagreement about why you felt the series failed, not really about your conclusions. I think on the whole your writing was great, and I look forward to more of your consent. BTW, this is coming from a subscriber. Also I'm drunk writing this and I have an actual essay to write.

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

There isn’t an op shop in Australia that doesn’t have SHH in the DVD section. Honestly it’s insane how much I see that dvd and in how many places that I do see it.

[@flin3803]

All of chris lilley’s work is hilarious I do not know what your are on about

[@johnLennon255]

“Problematic” is such a dangerous word.

[@RockyMarsh09]

Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heroes is pure comedy gold, spend a few weeks in Australia and the humour resonates with you so well. I'd even make the same case for Angry Boys even though there were a few dud characters. His only outright bad shows are the Jamie and Jonah ones tbh

[@psychedelicfeline6164]

Thank you for this video!

[@asdfghjk749]

Woooowww just watched the longest ad; get that KZbin coin baby boi

[@Dankster5000]

man I'm just jamming to the nobody speak beat

[@61vision]

I just feel as if he didn't really want to make it, but because he's popular with meme culture of social media Netflix and thier insatiable appetite for "trending" TV shows forced his hand to rush out and recreate the next "same old mocumentary". However they also said to him, don't be offensive though, it's 2019 now, the world can't handle that any more. The guy literally had to create the crapest and most unamusing characters in order to please the demands of his producers. I don't think Chris Lilley even had a drive to make more content after the backlash of angry boys - maybe I'm misinformed/wrong. But that's how I felt watching lunatics

[@WillowJordan1979]

He created Ja'Mie King and Mr. G. They're both fully realized, obnoxiously funny characters. They're not problematic, and they're good satire. Art thrives on limitations. I'd argue the opposite to your point: he was given too much freedom, and he ended up creating several poorly thought out characters and dragging their plot out over 10 episodes. One episode per character should have been enough, because there really wasn't enough material. I did enjoy some moments of Lunatics; I thought "DJ Qunt" was funny. (What sold it were the adoring mom and brothers.) I also laughed at the cash register wedding. Part of it is just down to your taste in humor. What bothered me is that Becky and Joyce are not funny characters. They're tragic, sad characters, even though they both got their happy ending. When Ja'mie was depressed, she was still milking it for drama, proudly saying her mother had to hide all sharp objects in the house. When Becky was depressed, it felt real and genuinely sad. So Lilley managed to make me care about the character, but I didn't laugh at the Becky scenes even once. Joyce just annoyed me. There's nothing particularly interesting about Joyce.

[@WillowJordan1979]

Still, Lunatics made me find out more about Chris Lilley and find "Summer Heights High" and "Ja'Mie: Private School Girl", both hilarious. So I'm happy I found them. It's just a shame that Lilley seems stuck in the rut of mockumentaries, which is a format done to death now.

[@wellesradio]

I think the term “yellowface” isn’t meant to imply that Asian people are yellow-skinned, but is a reference to old-timey racism when Asian people were called yellow-skinned. The term is a commentary on how outdated and racist the practice is. It’s saying, “Come on, we still have this shit going on today? Like, “me so-solly” ?!” That’s yellowface.

[@IsaacAutumn]

Love you my handsome boy Also, just bought one of the black genie shirts, can't wait to show off my fashionable attire at the watering hole😎

[@renan.csmaia]

I'm from Brazil and "Ja'mie: Private School Girl" was shown here on HBO a few years ago. I immediately became a fan.

[@Rio-xd3pz]

I thought all the scenes with gaven still gave me a laugh like his older shows

[@strangebrontides8251]

Chris Lilley's Angry Boys got me right in the feels.

[@jermaine_del]

Chris Lilley isn't Problematic, He is a genius and talented actor in which he plays multiple characters

[@dangerouslytalented]

Sounds like he needed a writer who could cobble together scenarios that link it together

[@henrycook6035]

Yay Chris Lilley vid

[@addim2717]

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[@yeisonrodriguez4958]

Is your podcast on Spotify?

[@Nitpix]

Yep!

[@yeisonrodriguez4958]

@@Nitpix Great! Will be sure to check it out. I always appreciate your great content!

[@beatmac]

So many TV Shows and you watched closely 10 episodes of something you hate. Lunatics is not perfect but I had a good laugh.

[@chillichilli2559]

Give that man an Oscar!!! We need more of this comedy its hilarious!!! That talent is amazing!! Love him so much!!!

[@masonallen3961]

No. Let's not reward a man who uses the guise of satire and comedy to disparage entire ethnic groups.

[@melonseeds2893]

@@masonallen3961 humour is subjective, and I agree with @Chilli Chilli as Chris Lilley is hilarious to watch personally

[@oki__]

@@masonallen3961 it wasn’t used to disparage anyone.

[@OrphansCorpse]

@@masonallen3961 LOL Shut up. Are you that desperate to be a victim ?

[@HeyFella]

"this comedy is problematic.....wait a minute I gotta shill for a mobile game" if that's not faux woke neoliberalism in a nutshell, I don't know what is.

[@OfficialAR22]

fAuX wOkE nEoLiBeRaLiSm

[@bioschlock]

But it wasnt problematic for political reasons. It seems in the video it was for quality

[@sergeantpickles4202]

How is shilling for a mobile game ‘problematic’? Do mobile games have sweatshops of programmers or something? Don’t just use words if you don’t understand what they mean, and that’s coming from someone who hates neoliberalism.

[@HeyFella]

@@sergeantpickles4202 When did I claim shilling for a game was problematic? It's almost like you misread what I wrote intentionally. My comment was mostly just a goof on the fact that the video focused on a non issue like offensive comedy (something actual leftists have defended for decades) while also cheerleading for a mass marketed product of capitalism. Also subscribe to Cum Town.

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Fidelio you evidently don’t know what neoliberalism means, please do some research. Also please watch his video before dismissing it in such a lazy manner.

[@Poodle_Gun]

Problematic sounds like something Ja'ime would say.

[@VidMashUp]

I absolutely LOVED this show. First season of anything I've ever watched twice.

[@happytime11]

This title should probably read "Why Lunatics sucks". TBF I'd probably rank Lilley's work as follows: 1. Summer Heights High 2. Angry Boys 3. We Can Be Heroes 4. Jonah from Tonga 5. Ja'mie: Private School Girl 6. Lunatics But even his weakest work is still worth watching. Cracked up at most of Quentin Cook's scenes. Lunatics is the only one my wife has seen because it's the only one with Japanese subtitles ... and she loves it, probably because she doesn't have his better work to compare it to.

[@saoirse147]

It’s a shame Lunatics wasn’t as good as his other stuff

[@justy93]

He is still one of the bests in comedy. In this offended era that we live in of course Lunatics had to be toned down because of it. MadTV, Little Britain and Chris Lilley’s former funny characters would not survive in this time. And that is sad. Comedy should not be facing extinction

[@alicepractice9473]

It's nice to watch something that makes fun of group identities.

[@teiwi1640]

Jonah from Tonga was a great show tho ngl

[@609younglion]

I came across lunatics and thought it was great. And I’m not even a fan of these dude.. it had to grow on me but each character had a conflict and resolution.. but the end of it I couldn’t stop singing “I don’t know what I’m doin, but I just want to paarrtttyyyyaahh” your little essay would have been convincing had I not watched it for myself.. the only character I didn’t care for was the little boy with the inheritance.. but the others drew me in especially Keith Dick 👍🏽

[@bundyhinds7346]

"unique" "mockumentary"

[@tr0779]

“That’s wassasist…. Anyways I like waid sadowwww wedgends….”

[@rascal512479]

I personally loved summer heights and angry boys...I always felt like the main narrative of angry boys was interesting enough to bring it all together in a way that to me was a satisfying conclusion......but lunatics.....its just time spent looking at characters doing one thing with no reason at all....nothing to say...nothing to comment on just....here it is....I do hope he gets to create something else because i think he does what he does well but he just needs to push himself and break the format and set a new standard for comedy

[@KingBoomBox]

Wow sooo early Edit: Also why did you release it on 1am

[@shayZero]

Uk time is 7am

[@Eg9yBoy]

​@@shayZero​​because in australia its 4pm

[@Karolinus]

Mobile games are addictive gambling. The video was an aimless rant.