We Can’t Allow Racism To Distract From Adolescence’s Crucial Message About Toxic Masculinity

We Can’t Allow Racism To Distract From Adolescence’s Crucial Message About Toxic Masculinity

When I finished watching 'Adolescence', I expected social media discussions to explore the show’s nuanced portrayal of how social media, the Manosphere, and red pill ideology influence young boys and men. But instead, I was shocked to see my feeds flooded with criticism — not of the show’s themes, but of the choice to center a young, white, working-class boy as the protagonist.

The multiple virtuosism of the British miniseries Adolencias, available in Netflix, justifies its impact, also multiple. Its impeccable four hours reaffirm that it is possible to combine quality and success on television, and that a well structured plot, counted, acted and filmed, with psychological depth and without sermons, is more powerful than explicit denunciation or manipulated tricks.The camera, with its sequence planes (without cuts), im…

‘Adolescence’ creators shut down rumours of a prequel, say a follow-up is a “possibility”

Adolescence has shut down any ideas of a prequel to the show, saying it’s more likely another unrelated story will be explored.Since its release on March 13, the drama about a father dealing with the fallout of his son being suspected of murder has been a ratings hit for Netflix, and prompted a wider discussion about toxic masculinity in the UK.Star Stephen Graham produced the show alongside Hannah Walters, his wife and regular co-star in projec…

Netflix’s new miniseries, which reflects on the toxic masculinity present on the Internet, is being a success on the ‘Adolescence’ platform, has become one of Netflix’s great successes. The British minisculinity, created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini, occupies the first place in the [...] The post “Adolescence”, the series that exposes the dangers of the first-appeared on Junior Report.

‘Adolescence’ director Philip Barantini tells us about the show’s extraordinary global impact

'Adolescence' has become Netflix's most talked about show in years, sparking conversations about toxic masculinity across the world. Barantini tells us how he's feeling, and discovering a star in Owen Cooper.