Degrassi High - The Complete Collection
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Actor: Degrassi HighDirector: -
Brand: Wgbh Wholesale
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 480 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
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- Hailed as "groundbreaking," "powerful," and "totally authentic," Degrassi High confronts it all - love, death, pregnancy, rebellion, and more - with a refreshing ensemble cast and a unique teen s-eye-view of life. Sometimes moving, sometimes shocking, but always believable, Degrassi High is aic for teens of all ages. Find your seat - school s open! Includes all 28 episod
Movie Reviews of Degrassi High - The Complete Collection
Movie Review: There Goes that Bell Again!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll never forget how in the late '80s, I would end each day with a snack in front of the TV, while taking in another episode of the educational teenage soap opera "Degrassi High" on PBS. The show's school bell would ring and that endlessly addictive pop theme song would begin, meaning the start of another great show.
Each episode would look at a single problem or issue, that confronted teenagers in our modern society. This included discussions about a variety of topics including drugs, abortion, homosexuality, teen suicide, AIDS, phyiscal/sexual abuse and women's rights. The show takes place in a fictional Canadian high school and shows teens from from all walks of life, ethnicity and social groups. Each episode features an issue, while weaving together in a soap opera-ish style, the interests, problems and relationships of the large cast.
This includes the enterprising yet underachieving, Joey Jermiah (Pat Mastroianni), the caring and concerned, Caitlin (Stacie Mistysin), young teen mother, Spike (Amanda Stepto), the feminist, Lucy (Anias Gronofsky), the twins Heather & Erica (Maureen & Angela Deiseach), the troubled orphan, 'Wheels' (Neil Hope) and his best friend 'Snake' (Stephan Brogan). These are just a few among many characters in the series. The adults in their world include their strict principal, Mr.Raditch (Dan Williams) and the always caring dream of a teacher, Ms. Avery (Michelle Goodeve).
'Degrassi High' (seasons 4-5) is basically a sequel to the series known as 'Degrassi Junior High' (Seasons 1-3). The kids are now older. Their lives, social relationships and problems are much more mature and complex. Certain characters such as Joey, Caitlin, Spike, Michelle, Dwayne, Heather & Erica, Lucy, Snake and Wheels proved to be popular characters, who the writers have given a lot of the screen time and story arcs to. This includes multi-episode stories, that deal with controversial subjects and stories (WARNING SPOILERS!!) such as Erica getting an abortion, Caitlin's boyfriend, Claude, committing suicide and Dwayne (Shorty) becoming HIV positive.
I find, that the longer the 'Degrassi' Series ran, the better it got. Both the writing and the acting were vastly improved in comparison to the 'Junior High' episodes. To me this DVD box set includes some of the best episodes produced in the entire series. The thing about this show is that its' both endlessly entertaining and addictive. It's like eating a bag of potato chips. You just just can't stop! Trust me you will get hooked! Highly recommended!
(One note: This DVD set also includes as an 'Extra', the hour and a half 'Degrassi' movie, "School's Out!", which I think is a much more of a satisfying (and explicit!) goodbye to some of our favorite 'Degrassi' characters, than the last episode, "One Last Dance".)
Summary of Degrassi High - The Complete Collection
Degrassi High confronts it all?friendship, love, death, stress, pregnancy, rumors, rebellion, drinking and more?with all the same kids from the popular Junior High series. Sometimes moving, sometimes shocking, but always believable, Degrassi High is a classic for teens of all ages. Find your seat?school's open! Includes all 28 episodes of Degrassi High, plus the graduation special School's Out.The young denizens of Degrassi Street in Toronto, Canada, having graduated from one television series, Kids of Degrassi Street, to another, Degrassi Junior High, confront life as teenagers during the heady, late 1980s in Degrassi High. Produced in Canada and seen in America on cable and PBS, the sometimes-controversial series confronts serous issues (adolescent pregnancy, AIDS, suicide) in a head-on way, often to the annoyance of TV censors. Degrassi High made its seriousness of purpose clear in the two-part premiere "A New Start," in which the character Erica (Angela Deiseach), pregnant after a summer fling, decides to have an abortion, then becomes the target of a hate campaign at school. Meanwhile, Michelle (Maureen McKay) copes with the breakup of her parents and chooses to live with her father despite concerns by her boyfriend, BLT (Dayo Ade). She subsequently discovers that she can?t cope with her father?s strict rules and tries living on her own. In the Degrassi tradition, everyone has problems, and among them is Kathleen (Rebecca Haines), who becomes attracted to the seemingly sweet and doting Scott (Byrd Dickens), then learns the hard way that he is both extremely possessive and a stalker. Joey (Pat Mastroianni) wants to get his band Zit Remedy back together and thinks a music video might help; trouble is, he needs assistance from a reluctant Lucy (Anais Granofsky) while his current girlfriend Caitlin (Stacie Mistysyn) is sought by other boys. Young mother Spike (Amanda Stepto) has her child in daycare and finds newcomer Patrick (Vincent Walsh) interested in her, but she fears getting hurt. The nerdy trio of Joey, Wheels (Neil Hope), and Snake (Stefan Brogren) become preoccupied with cars and growing up fast (they decide to attend a strip show), but have their usual bad luck whenever one of them pushes things too far. And on and on. The 28 episodes included in this boxed set (comprising two seasons) never stop providing insights into the feelings of kids who have to assume responsibilities for things they?re not always ready for. The drama never ends but the quality is always high, making Degrassi High perennially good for young viewers. --Tom Keogh
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