Some Info On Sugar Rush... Institution... etc Xx
Sugar Rush is a British television drama series developed by Shine Limited and broadcast by Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel of the same name. It is centred around the life of a 15 year old lesbian Kim Daniels who at the beginning of series one moves from London to Brighton on the south coast of England.
The first series was broadcast in 2005 on Channel 4, at 10:50 p.m, but would sometimes air later due to Big Brother 6 UK over-running, with the next episode on E4 afterwards, sometimes overlapping the Channel 4 broadcast. The programme was shown significantly after the watershed.
The first episode of the second series was broadcast on Channel 4 on 15 June 2006, and the last episode was aired on August 17, 2006 on Channel 4, and on August 10, 2006 on digital channel E4.
Both series one and two of Sugar Rush have been released on DVD box-sets. The first series' box-set was released on August 15, 2005. The second series box-set, and a separate series one and two box-set were released on 21 August 2006. An audio CD compilation of the first series' music has also been compiled, but as of September 2006 a similar audio CD to compliment series two has yet to materialise. It should be noted that some of the commercial music used in the TV series has been changed to stock background music for the DVD release.
Series one currently airs on OUTtv in Canada. Re-runs of series two have recently aired on the Channel 4 broadcast.
Lowdown On the characters ... x
Kim - Protaganist, at the start of series 2 Kim is fifteen and sexually obsessed with her best friend Sugar while she desperately tries throughout the series to understand her feelings, questioning whether she is a lesbo, and is prepared to live a life of sex, drugs and costant raving with Sugar (Maria).
Sugar - Actual name Maria, an bad influence on Kim as she is into sex, drugs and rock and roll, she is sexy and knows what she wants, and teaches Kim the 'wicked' ways, however
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
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Homosexuality Ideologies
http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=homosexuality&type=all
Representation of women in other texts
http://www.anitapuni.blogspot.com/
Xx CHANNEL 4'S REVIEW xX
Sugar Rush is the riotous exploration of what it means to be young, horny and queer in 21st-century Britain. It's 18 months on since we first met Kim, and she's now 17, out, proud and living life to the full on the Brighton lesbian scene... in her dreams.
Sugar Rush explores the world of Kim and her earth-shattering lust for the gorgeous and sassy Maria Sweet, otherwise known as Sugar.And if Sugar wasn't enough to blow Kim's mind, there's also her dysfunctional, embarrassing family - a mini-freak for a brother, an obsessively house-proud dad and a mum who's behaving as if she's the one who's 15 years old.Each episode is a different journey inside Kim's world as her wry observations take us into the mind of a screwed up, loved up, lustful adolescent experiencing the bright lights of Brighton and the rush of forbidden love for the first time. Sugar Rush, the riotous exploration of what it means to be young, horny and queer in 21st-century Britain, returns for a second series. It's 18 months later and Kim is 17, out, proud and living life to the full on the Brighton lesbian scene... in her dreams. In truth, she's holed up in her bedroom with only her A Level revision and an electric toothbrush for company. Her best friend Sugar isn't getting any action either, but she's got a good excuse: she's serving time in a Young Offenders Institute.
Images From The Show....
Sugars expression is devious, and she is placed closer and appears bigger in this photo even though Kim is the main protaganist, representing Sugar as maybe the leader, someone Kim admires and even someone that the audience aspires to be.
Video Clips
This is a montage of clips of the two main characters of 'Sugar Rush', Kim and Sugar andd this shows how much of a hard hitting serial drama Sugar Rush really is through scenes of homosexual behaviour... depicting a maybe open-minded society?
This clip shows us pretty much what Sugar Rush is about....
Here is another clip i found.. showing Kim's attitude towards the oposite sex... her uninterest.
Monday, 9 July 2007
Jellys Research Proposal
How and why have attitudes changed towards homosexual behaviour in particular reference to ‘Sugar Rush’
Hypothesis
I believe my investigation will mainly cover Sociological and Historical issues, as I will be examining attitudes in todays society towards homosexuality, and compare how they have changed.
Sugar Rush, Director Harry Bradbeer
M – Set in Brighton.
I – Homosexual Ideology, Feminist Ideology
G – Teenage Drama based on the Novel by Julie Burchill.
R – This show does not support the normal stereotypical views of females, as Sugar is represented as sexually promiscuous, Kim as independent, and her father is represented as a househusband, displaying a swap of gender-roles.
A- Mainly consist of teenage girls, from 16 + as it is shown after watershed.
I – Channel 4
N – Following the life of a young female, Kim who at first is forced to come to terms with being a lesbian, and fancies her straight best friend Maria, known as Sugar, and then in the second series follows her living her life with her new girlfriend and coping with her dysfunctional family.
Other Texts to study are –
L Word – Living TV
Hollyoaks – Channel 4 – Directed by GRINT, AlanBad Girls – ITV - Lance Kneshaw
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