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Subtlety is probably not what you’d expect from a comedian who trades in fat suits and black face, but it’s the medium in which Australian funnyman Chris Lilley works. Instead of painting his wacky characters with broad strokes, in his past three shows —  We Can Be Heroes in 2005, Summer Heights High in 2008, and Angry Boys which premiered January 1st — and for the past six years, Chris Lilley has breathed specificity into characters who, without their invented idiosyncrasies, would be little more than tired stereotypes.

The laughs are in the details. As with Judd Apatow’s best characters (The 40-Year-Old virgin doesn’t just ride a bike, he [...]

Chris Lilley, creator and star of the amazing Summer Heights High, is returning to HBO this summer with a new series: Angry Boys. Like Summer Heights High, Lilley plays multiple characters in it, including "a pair of co-dependent brothers, a former surfing great, an untalented rapper, a prison guard grandma and an overprotective Asian mother." Oh god, this show cannot come soon enough.

Hear ye, radio people, podcast people (a species very similar to pod people, but also quite different). Starting on Tuesday, The Sound of Young America will be called Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. The first episode of the new show features Angry Boys' Chris Lilley, and you can take a look back to TSOYA's Best Comedy of 2011 show here.

Hello again! New year, new shows. Angry Boys, the new comedy from Summer Heights High's Chris Lilley, premiered last night on HBO, and stop worrying, Chris Lilley WAS in blackface wearing one ski boot. Here are a couple more things to know about the show, if you for some reason weren't satisfied with that.