Boston Public

Boston Public was a popular American television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on the Fox Network from October 23, 2000 through 2004. It centered around the Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place.

Social Soapbox

The series often served as a soapbox about various contemporary issues. While the show's writers clearly had a center-left bias, the show took great pains to present all sides of a particular issue and often times made suggestions ideas that were more libertarian then liberal in nature. The title of each episode was a numbered chapter, similar to that in a high school textbook, and each character had a certain story arc, with the professional and personal lives often intersecting with a social soapbox about modern issues facing public high schools such as affirmative action, teenage pregnancy, school violence, bullying, obesity, racism, gay-bashing, prayer in school, terrorism, political correctness, poverty, state funding for public education, and general teenager angst/alienation.

Related Topics:
Libertarian - Affirmative action - Teenage pregnancy - School violence - Bullying - Obesity - Racism - Gay-bashing - Terrorism - Political correctness - Poverty - Angst

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