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Music CD - Degrassi High - The Complete Collection
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Music CD: Degrassi High - The Complete Collection
List Price: $49.95
Our Price: $27.53
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Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Starring: Degrassi High
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
EAN: 0783421308497
Format: Box set
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-10-09
Running Time: 480
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
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Summary: Degrassi High
Comment: Very good. I liked the Degrassi: The Next Generation show, so I decided to watch the original show. After getting them all through netflix, I just had to buy them!
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Summary: A must have for old school Degrassi fans.
Comment: Before I purchased the complete high school collection I had all three seasons of junior high which I was more familiar with. I had watch the junior high episodes in a "life skills" class when I was in junior high. In high school I caught a few of the high school year episodes on Canadian television and have loved the show ever since.
The high school complete collection is really great to have since I got so hooked on the characters in their junior high years it is nice to see them finish high school, it gives the fans some closure.
Anyway, this show is often criticized as over the top by being too dramatic. Also, the obvious low budget production makes the extremely dramatic story line ackward with sub par acting. This is something that makes me love the show though. The characters are ackward and imperfect, kind of like real people.
These "different" qualities of Degrassi give it a rougher, more realistic feel without being campy. I would recommend watching Degrassi beginning in the junior high years. Once you get invested in the characters you'll want to finish through high school with them.
Also, the bonus of "School's Out!" the Degrassi movie on these DVDs is great.
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Summary: love it
Comment: I grew up with this show and I was soooo excited to find it on Amazon. It's a great show!
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Summary: Degrassi Old School
Comment: I love this show!!! This is the reason I discover Degrassi The Next Generation... This is where it all started.., This is show was ground breaking at it's time, with issues like teen pregnacy, aids, inter-racial dating, homosexuality, truly a gem for any generation... They stop showing it on the n so i just got it....
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Summary: Degrassi Junior High Part 2
Comment: "Degrassi High" continues where Degrassi Junior High - The Complete Collection left off. The charcters from the original series are now older and have moved on to high school, and with the characters increased age come more challenging storylines.
This box set contains the two seasons of "Degrassi High" along with "Degrassi: School's Out" the movie set after the end of these seasons. Season 1 of "Degrassi High" focusses primarily on Erica, who falls pregnant but, unlike Spike in "Degrassi Jr High", decides to have an abortion; LD, who develops leukemia; and Michelle, who, following her parents' divorce, decides to move out of home. Season 2 shifts the focus to Wheels, who becomes frustrated with his grandparents and is ultimately kicked out of home. As with "Degrassi Jr High", as well as dealing with major issues, the writers of "Degrassi High" still managed to include enough silly minor storylines to make the series fun. My particular favourite is an episode in which Lucy decides to make a feminist horror movie. The "Zits"' music video is also a classic.
"Degrassi: School's Out", set after the gang have graduated from high school, is more serious and less light hearted than the previous episodes. This movie focusses on Joey and Caitlin, who are contemplating marriage, and although I wont give the details, doesn't have a happy ending. At first I found it depressing, and didn't like it, but ultimately I concluded that it was the perfect ending for the series, in that the show had always been about realism and what happens in this movie is definitely realistic.
"Degrassi High" is one of the greatest teen series of all time and is essential viewing for anyone who enjoyed "Degrassi Jr High".
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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