Jonah is an obviously terrible role model, but is his character rooted in reality or stereotypes. The entire series was available for streaming online for one weekend from 2 may. Netflix has signed the comedian chris lilley for a 10part comedy. Jonah s uncle retorts, kuo u fiu au he tamasii, which translates to ive had enough of the boy, but was subtitled to say, hes a fing idiot.
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The mockumentary series follows jonah takalua, a rebellious 14yearold australian boy of tongan descent who had been introduced in lilleys 2007 series summer heights high. Lunatics is taking chris lilley global on netflix, but is he still funny. Jonah from tonga is a six episode comedy starring chris lilley as jonah and is also written by chris lilley as well. Banished to tonga to live with his uncle, fourteenyearold jonah is causing more trouble than ever. The series revolves around jonah takalua, a 14year australian boy whose origins lie on the island of tonga, a character that had already been introduced in an earlier series called summer heights high by the same creator, comedian chris lilley. Would critics of jonah from tonga be as outraged if the title character were played by a person of tongan descent. High quality jonah from tonga gifts and merchandise.