High School is Hell

I thought that the High School is Hell article was very interesting. A few posts I’ve seen about the show have seemed really exciting, and I thought the teaser we watched today was also very captivating. I’m glad I read this article before actually watching the show because now I think I have a better way to understand the show than I would have. The way that the mix of supernatural and real has been described to me sounds very original, and it should make a great show. I am excited to see how the monsters are used to drive home the typical high school stereotypes, and even make them stand out more.
As a high school student myself, I also think it will be interesting to see what the show’s producers think high school is really like, but from what I’ve read it sounds like they are on the ball with a lot of the ideas that they have had.
One of the parts of the article that interested me very much was the discussion of the use of irony. It seems like the producers want to stop the audience from focusing too much on the supernatural aspect of the show, and pay more of their attention towards the drama that the high schoolers are experiencing, which to some of them are the real monsters they have to deal with. By eliminating the fear of the supernatural, the fear that the characters have of the real situations they’re in is illuminated, and this makes me think that the producers of the show have a very specific purpose in mind when putting it together.

Matthew