Metro Australia – July 2019

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

WORKING-


CLASS


HEROES


ABC’sThe Heights and


SocialStratification


TOUTEDASA TELEVISUALTRIUMPHFORDIVERSITYANDREP-
RESENTATION,THEHEIGHTSISANENSEMBLESOAPOPERA
DEPICTINGTHEBONDSANDBURDENSOFANINNER-CITY
WORKING-CLASSCOMMUNITY.WHILETHISISUNDENIABLY
PRAISEWORTHYINA SCREENLANDSCAPELARGELYBEREFT
OFSUCHVISIBILITY,THESERIESDOESALSOFALLINTOTHE
TRAPOFSANITISINGTHEGRITTIERASPECTSOF SOCIAL
DISADVANTAGE, WRITESTRAVIS JOHNSON.

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