Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) has been a runaway, prostitute, drug addict, and general misfit all her life. But upon her release from prison, the 46-year-old decides it's time to clean up her life, move back in with her family, and earn a high school diploma. Starting over as a freshman, hapless Jerri returns to class amidst a hostile student body and an unhelpful, self-involved faculty--among them sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck (Paul Dinello); ambiguously gay history teacher Charles Noblet (Stephen Colbert); and Machiavellian principal Onyx Blackman (Greg Hollimon)--while contending with a dysfunctional home life that includes her elderly father Guy (Roberto Gari), evil stepmother Sara (Deborah Rush), and bullying half-brother Derrick (Larc Spies). As ex-con Jerri maneuvers through the pecking order of teen life with zero social savoir-faire and her own brand of clueless prison ethics, STRANGERS WITH CANDY serves as a biting, politically-incorrect satire of moralizing afterschool specials and a hilarious look at the pangs of growing up--again. This collection includes all 10 episodes from the sadly-defunct series' second season.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
2-Disc Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Production Interviews
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Review 1:
"A decidedly twisted satire of those old afterschool specials that tried to teach us all a lesson or two."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.11 10/31/2003
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