A satire of admissions pressure, and the real weight it's exaggerating
5 April 2027
Before the screening#
Watch the assigned episodes. Bring one scene that felt like it couldn’t possibly be realistic — we’ll test that assumption together.
In the screening#
We treat the show’s most extreme moments as amplifications rather than inventions, tracing each back to a real pressure — around admissions, status, or inequality — that the satire depends on its audience already recognising.
Afterwards#
Your close-analysis essay is due this week if you’re working to the standard schedule — see the assessment page for the exact date and submission format.
The spec
What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
- you have watched the assigned episodes before arriving
- you can name one moment the show plays for satire and say what real pressure it's exaggerating
- you can connect the show's admissions obsession to a claim about social mobility or inequality
Teaching team
- May Rhee — convenor