Ja'mie: Private School Girl

the 23rd of October marked the premiere of Ja'mie: Private school girl. This Australian series is created by Chris Lilley, creator of Summer Heights High, Big Bite and Angry Boys. The series brings back Ja'mie king, star of Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heros. The series is filmed in the familiar mockumentary style that has been used for all of Lilley's projects to date. The film features some of the cast previously used in SHH and We Can Be Heroes, such as Hilford Girls Grammar Headmistress.

The series stars 17 year old Ja'mie King, who is revealed to previously have been called Jamie, but who added the apostrophe in year eight, after leaving Summer Heights High and going back to Hilford Girls Grammar. The series details her last year at school; 'and the events that changed her life forever!' The series is a direct continuation of the character, and people who were mentioned in other series are also mentioned, such as Ja'mie's former best friend Brianna.

I really liked the premiere of this series, Lilley doesn't rest on his laurels, and despite already having created a well rounded character, Lilley adds characterizations previously unseen, such as the word 'Quiche' (meaning more that hot, like really really hot) a box gap (the gap batween your thight, because no one want's their thighs to be rubbing together) and vag-aterians (lesbians). This shows how Lilley doesn't simply want to show us more of this character, but also to add to this character, and to update it.


I really really like the series, Lilley doesn't hold back in giving us bitchiness and meanness, Ja'mie is shown as being vacuous, shallow, cruel, and supremely entertaining, what can i say, i laughed a lot! Rating: A

My Names Ja'mie, and I'm a private school girl