Absolutely brilliant piece.Something about this has really unnerved me, like someone has run at me with a heavy blanket and thrown it over my head. I feel suffocated and simultaneously frustrated and angry because I know I’m being played.
Thanks so much for this article. The whole thing has a really bad smell about it. You've got to wonder at the twisted mentality that: a) looks upon this material as equivalent to reality; and b) wishes to foist it on children!
thank you TD, totally agree. i’d argue that the education system tendency to treat boys as inherent problems actually partly led to the rise of Tate, inceldom, etc. And now it’s all being handled by some seemingly radical progressives… not good.
Not good at all, JJ. The feminisation of education is part of it too, of course. Now boys are falling behind girls at a rate of knots, but still it is the boys being demonised. Alas, it seems the idiots are in charge.
Thank you. It’s absolutely how these cretins work. They promote fantasy that they invent and fund. Punish those that object and point out the truth. It’s happened in C19 scam; the climate hoax; the migrant invasion- all pushing lies as truth.
Brilliant article. Have to say I watched the series the night it launched and I enjoyed the drama. Cried in parts as I’ve worked with young people in the community and supported housing and I worry about the world they face where on line interaction has removed their ability to engage face to face. I actually immediately got the issue which seems prevalent with the online bullying by the female student and the mockery and degradation this brought to a mind of the young lad still developing. It was only the following day all this nonsense of turning a drama into a lived experience left me dumbfounded. After what followed with the bollards virtue signalling and everyone else jumping on the bandwagon, the drama which I thought was actually very well acted, seemed a piece of propaganda I wish I hadn’t wasted my time watching!
It can still be a good drama, evoking real emotions.
But yeah, now it leaves a sour taste in everyone's mouths knowing that this govt wants to use it for propagandistic ends. The show's creators seem like total sellouts too.
It is a good drama. I could feel the pain and confusion of the parents. It was just so sad and the only thing that led to the killing was social media. IMO. I am lucky, as also my three sons, for having grown up without SM which quite frankly is the biggest reason for the anxiety in our young people. Purely because of the anonymity of SM without the responsibility of facing the person being attacked or insulted. It’s left a lost generation.
The small apolitical, movie loving part of me is hanging onto episode 3 wherein the boy and shrink pull off one of my favourite dialogues. I'm selfishly relived that I watched the show before reading the article.
Great piece, good research. The film: it’s not about Adolescence. It’s about Adolescence in the UK. Bullying. Girls as bad as boys. Note the school uniforms - hangover of imperialism. The acting and filming were brilliant (though the filming was gimmicky). But the police, prison guards, and court psychologists were too nice. Government PR. 1984.
Great piece. I felt from the beginning that we were being manipulated into accepting illiberal legislation including misogyny hate speech laws. Looks like my fears, as well as those of others, may have been well founded.
Your article is as brilliant as the show, which leads me conclude that you and the showrunners colluded to label me a hypocrite. I'm impressed at the effort but this wrenches my fantasy dinner conversation party with you and Erin Doherty. Thankfully, my Plan B with Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood is more solid.
I thought it was corny, cringe and wholly unconvincing. The police would have addressed the entire school during an assembley not gone from classroom to classroom. So many things did not ring true. No police officer would have chased after a 13 year old by himself then cornered and start interrogating the kid with no other adult or witness present. In place of drama and suspense we got an insult to our intelligence. No plot to speak of. It felt like the old soap opera Brookside had been brought back from the dead. What ´drama´ there was consisted of someone shouting every five minutes. Quirky camera movements and editing to ´keep it real´ and moody music Just So You Know Something Important is Happening.
A much better resource for teenagers that deals with bullying, special needs, ´toxic´ masculinity and the disastrous unforeseen consequences of not properly thinking things through is the 2004 film Mean Creek starring a baby faced Rory Caulkin along with Ryan Kelly.
Absolutely brilliant piece.Something about this has really unnerved me, like someone has run at me with a heavy blanket and thrown it over my head. I feel suffocated and simultaneously frustrated and angry because I know I’m being played.
Outstanding analysis and investigation 👌🏻
Thanks so much for this article. The whole thing has a really bad smell about it. You've got to wonder at the twisted mentality that: a) looks upon this material as equivalent to reality; and b) wishes to foist it on children!
thank you TD, totally agree. i’d argue that the education system tendency to treat boys as inherent problems actually partly led to the rise of Tate, inceldom, etc. And now it’s all being handled by some seemingly radical progressives… not good.
Not good at all, JJ. The feminisation of education is part of it too, of course. Now boys are falling behind girls at a rate of knots, but still it is the boys being demonised. Alas, it seems the idiots are in charge.
Brilliant article, well written and researched. It manages to be both enlightening and frightening in equal measure. Thanks @JJ Starky
Thank you. It’s absolutely how these cretins work. They promote fantasy that they invent and fund. Punish those that object and point out the truth. It’s happened in C19 scam; the climate hoax; the migrant invasion- all pushing lies as truth.
Brilliant article. Have to say I watched the series the night it launched and I enjoyed the drama. Cried in parts as I’ve worked with young people in the community and supported housing and I worry about the world they face where on line interaction has removed their ability to engage face to face. I actually immediately got the issue which seems prevalent with the online bullying by the female student and the mockery and degradation this brought to a mind of the young lad still developing. It was only the following day all this nonsense of turning a drama into a lived experience left me dumbfounded. After what followed with the bollards virtue signalling and everyone else jumping on the bandwagon, the drama which I thought was actually very well acted, seemed a piece of propaganda I wish I hadn’t wasted my time watching!
It can still be a good drama, evoking real emotions.
But yeah, now it leaves a sour taste in everyone's mouths knowing that this govt wants to use it for propagandistic ends. The show's creators seem like total sellouts too.
It is a good drama. I could feel the pain and confusion of the parents. It was just so sad and the only thing that led to the killing was social media. IMO. I am lucky, as also my three sons, for having grown up without SM which quite frankly is the biggest reason for the anxiety in our young people. Purely because of the anonymity of SM without the responsibility of facing the person being attacked or insulted. It’s left a lost generation.
The small apolitical, movie loving part of me is hanging onto episode 3 wherein the boy and shrink pull off one of my favourite dialogues. I'm selfishly relived that I watched the show before reading the article.
Great piece, good research. The film: it’s not about Adolescence. It’s about Adolescence in the UK. Bullying. Girls as bad as boys. Note the school uniforms - hangover of imperialism. The acting and filming were brilliant (though the filming was gimmicky). But the police, prison guards, and court psychologists were too nice. Government PR. 1984.
Great piece. I felt from the beginning that we were being manipulated into accepting illiberal legislation including misogyny hate speech laws. Looks like my fears, as well as those of others, may have been well founded.
This piece, Jenny Holland's, and Ed West's have been my favourite dissections of this whole saga so far.
Your article is as brilliant as the show, which leads me conclude that you and the showrunners colluded to label me a hypocrite. I'm impressed at the effort but this wrenches my fantasy dinner conversation party with you and Erin Doherty. Thankfully, my Plan B with Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood is more solid.
I thought it was corny, cringe and wholly unconvincing. The police would have addressed the entire school during an assembley not gone from classroom to classroom. So many things did not ring true. No police officer would have chased after a 13 year old by himself then cornered and start interrogating the kid with no other adult or witness present. In place of drama and suspense we got an insult to our intelligence. No plot to speak of. It felt like the old soap opera Brookside had been brought back from the dead. What ´drama´ there was consisted of someone shouting every five minutes. Quirky camera movements and editing to ´keep it real´ and moody music Just So You Know Something Important is Happening.
A much better resource for teenagers that deals with bullying, special needs, ´toxic´ masculinity and the disastrous unforeseen consequences of not properly thinking things through is the 2004 film Mean Creek starring a baby faced Rory Caulkin along with Ryan Kelly.