The four-episode British mini-series, Adolescence, follows the story of Jamie Miller, a 13-year-old school-going boy who’s arrested for the murder of his female classmate named Katie Leonard. The series can be being lauded for the one-take filming of every episode. The drama spans over 13 months because the detectives, a toddler psychologist, and Jamie’s parents try to seek out out the principal cause. On the time of this writing, the show had garnered over 24.3 million views.
What’s the inspiration behind Netflix’s Adolescence?
Netflix’s crime thriller just isn’t based on one singular story, nevertheless it borrows from similar stories which have happened in real life. Stephen Graham, the author and creator of the show, who also plays Jamie’s father Eddie Miller on the show spoke to Virgin Radio U.K. and recounted an incident where he found a murder story while reading a newspaper.
He said, “I used to be reading the paper, and there was an article a few young boy who’d stabbed a young girl to death.” He then added, “After which a few months later, I used to be watching the news and there was a bit on there a few young boy who’d stabbed a young girl to death—and these were at opposite ends of the country.”
The aim of making the show was to grasp what incites such violent tendencies in adolescent girls and boys, in line with the creator’s address on the Netflix Tudum website. Within the show, Jamie is a victim of college bullying and incel culture on the web. His actions are a results of constant concealed degenerate talk against women and pseudo-ideals of being “a person” that’s propagated by the likes of Andrew Tate. Tate’s name can be mentioned on the show. It is not any secret that Tate has manipulated and destroyed several young minds along with his false claims.
The mini-series doesn’t answer the issues that it shows, nevertheless it is an try to understand the mindset of adolescent minds and society as a complete. It’s aimed to be a wake-up call to adults to cope with their children and such situations before they’ll spiral right into a nightmarish living.
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