67.6% of the voters gave this show an 8,9 or 10 - so how the hell does that average out to 5.8?!
I haven't seen a show that depicted suburban Melbourne as accurately as this one - I only wish there were more shows made like this in Australia
If you look at that same screen it tells you the mean value (7.5/10 in this case). The imdb ratings are not a simple mean of the votes. They use other systems. e.g. If someone either votes 10/10 or 1/10 for all the movies they watch, their vote may be treated differently.
share>> I haven't seen a show that depicted suburban Melbourne as accurately as this one
Isn't it set in Brighton Le Sands (Sydney)?
no its definately melbourne. I heard Harry mention Altona, and Connie and her school friends were at Central Square in her ep - not to mention the Greek references which usually indicates Melb. I daresay Brighton was a reference to the bayside suburb near Caulfield
shareAfter watching the latest episode (which was excellent) it's pretty clear now. Just thought I recognised the strip along the bay at Brighton Le Sands. I think there's a big Greek community there too, which added to my confusion.
Cheers.
Isn't it set in Brighton Le Sands (Sydney)?
Melbourne has the highest number of Greek people in one town/city outside of Athens.
At my high school there were 54 nationalities. I am a plain old boring white Australian and we were in the minority. The largest cultural presence was Greek.
Me and Brits are done with story time and we wants to get our recess on
Wow, 54 nationalities? What decade was this? I'd have to think really hard to be able to name 54 countries. HA HA
shareHaha it was this decade (just realised it's actually last decade..woops). I finished school in 2005. 54 was the number that the vice principal used to spout all the time (and he was somewhat crazy so you can take it with a grain of salt if you like.) It may have been, more accurately, 54 languages? Either way, there was a heck of a lot of nationalities. I have to say it was a major culture shock for me because I had moved there from a pretty small country town where it was basically ALL white, anglo-saxon australians with the exception of one girl who was chinese but she had been adopted at birth by a white, anglo-saxon family so didn't actually have a 'chinese cultural background' so to speak. It was a major learning curve, and one of the best experiences of my life, moving somewhere that was so culturally diverse. Although, interestingly, most of the 'cliques' or 'groups' were made up of people who had the same or similar cultural background and the main 'bullying' problems we had at the school weren't about who was a 'nerd' or a 'loser' but whether someone was a 'skip' or a 'wog'. By the end of year 12 though most of that had died out.
Me and Brits are done with story time and we wants to get our recess on
Yeah I guessed it was recent. When I was at school, a looooong time ago, I could count the different nationalities on one hand.
shareha, my school was the same - i was one of the only girls with blonde hair and predominantly anglo heritage. I always envied the otherkids coz i though being anglo was so boring!
THough the largest cultural background at my school was yugoslavian (back in the day when there still was a yugoslavia), then it was greek, macedonian and turkish
Actually, to be accurate "Melbourne is said to have the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Europe, after Athens and Thessaloniki."
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ABOUTMELBOURNE/HISTORY/Pages/multiculturalhistory.aspx
I was wondering about the very low rating. Is it because it's Australian?? Compared to a lot of series, and by itself, this one is very good.
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