Chris Lilly had a show on HBO that was a cult favorite, but it’s no wonder why they did not renew his contract… When he wanted to go toward blackface:
Angry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show explores the issues faced by young males in the 21st century – their influences, their pressures, their dreams and ambitions. In Angry Boys, Lilley plays multiple characters: S.mouse, an American rapper; Jen, a manipulative Japanese mother; Blake Oakfield, a champion surfer; Ruth “Gran” Sims, a guard at a juvenile detention facility; and her teenage grandsons, South Australian twins Daniel and Nathan Sims.
The series is a co-production between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and US cable channel HBO, with a pre-sale to BBC Three in the United Kingdom.[1] Filmed in Melbourne, Los Angeles and Tokyo, Angry Boys premièred on 11 May 2011 at 9:00 pm on ABC1.
S.mouse (born Shwayne Jnr.), is a 24-year-old African American rap artist from Los Angeles, California. He is known for releasing the biggest-selling hip hop single of all time, “Slap My Elbow”. S.mouse claims he was an “underprivileged black kid from the slums”, but it’s revealed he comes from a wealthy suburban background in Calabasas, California. His father, Shwayne Snr. (Richard Lawson), reveals that he went to a predominantly white private school, sang gospel music at church, and begged him for the Wicked soundtrack. S.mouse spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend Danthony (Clyde Boraine).
During the show, S.mouse finds himself under pressure from his record company over his self-penned YouTube released song, “Poo on You”, the music video for which features him defecating on a police car. He later makes an online apology to his fans and is put under house arrest at his parents’ house for two months, during which he receives a demo of the record company’s song “Gingerbread S.mouse” and expresses great dislike of the track. He then decides to release a new single called “Grandmother Fucker”. The song’s music video features an appearance by S.mouse’s grandmother, which angers his father. Later his manager phones to inform him that he has been dropped from the record company due to the video receiving a large number of complaints.
S.mouse then sets up a home studio to work on his own music for his new album, The Real Me, to be executively produced by Danthony and released independently. Following the album’s launch to a crowd who are less than pleased, S.mouse realises that he isn’t really expressing the real him and decides to read Daniel’s letter about an Aborigine child named Wally who was crushed by a truck. He writes a song about the incident called “Squashed Nigga” and decides to sing the song instead of rapping it. Following the song’s release, S.mouse re-invents himself under the name Shwayne Jnr.
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