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‘Angry Boys’ could stand to be funnier

By Sarah Rodman

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 31, 2011

The lives of men have been front and center in several new comedies this season. Network sitcoms like “Last Man Standing’’ and the already cancelled “How to Be a Gentleman,’’ have played with the concept of what it means to “be a man’’ for broad laughs. With “Angry Boys,’’ airing Sunday night on HBO, Australian writer-actor Chris Lilley goes for something a little more nuanced as he trains his mockumentary lens on boys, men, and even some of the women in their lives.

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