The ‘race-swapping’ row surrounding Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ and the real-life murders linked to it
5 days, 2 hours ago

The ‘race-swapping’ row surrounding Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ and the real-life murders linked to it

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Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ is one of the most-talked-about shows of the year. “Netflix has a show called Adolescence that’s about a British knife killer who stabbed a girl to death on a bus and it’s based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer,” Ian Miles Cheong, a right-wing blogger, posted on X on March 20. Just the absolute state of anti-white propaganda.” Netflix has a show called Adolescence that’s about a British knife killer who stabbed a girl to death on a bus and it’s based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer. They race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy and the… pic.twitter.com/6EdPFdcLT0 — Ian Miles Cheong March 20, 2025 Cheong’s post has 13,000 shares, 78,000 likes and 4,700 comments, including from tech billionaire and Doge leader Elon Musk, who wrote, “Wow”. What is this that’s happening?” Stephen Graham read stories of young boys killing young girls and took a deep dive into the societal causes while creating @netflix’s #Adolescence.

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Adolescence creator Jack Thorne slams 'absurd' race-swap theory spread by Elon Musk: ‘Nothing is further from the truth’
18 hours, 36 minutes ago

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne slams 'absurd' race-swap theory spread by Elon Musk: ‘Nothing is further from the truth’

Hindustan Times  

Adolescence creator-writer Jack Thorne has vehemently rejected the claims that the show is based on a real crime story committed by a Black child, a theory that entrepreneur Elon Musk has amplified. Adolescence creator-writer Jack Thorne said ‘it’s absurd to say is only committed by Black boys’, a theory amplified by Elon Musk on X Directed by Philip Barantini, the …

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne disagrees with 'race-swapping' criticism of show
4 days, 5 hours ago

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne disagrees with 'race-swapping' criticism of show

India Today  

'Adolescence' challenged the way parenting and child psychology work in ways that were never discussed on-screen before. The show's creator, Jack Thorne, commented on the same claims, and asserted that his story is not inspired by any single real-life incident. He refuted the criticism of the show, and mentioned that the series concentrates on a larger problem of toxic masculinity …

Netflix's Adolescence is being attacked for race-swapping. Here's the fact
1 week ago

Netflix's Adolescence is being attacked for race-swapping. Here's the fact

India Today  

Adolescence is powerful, it is simply brilliant. "Jack Thorne created and wrote Adolescence on Netflix, where the murderer was race-swapped from a black migrant teen to a young conservative English boy," wrote an X user who identified as a Catholic, MAGA-Hulk and attorney at law. "Adolescence just came out and a real-life black murderer is portrayed as an innocent white …

Dire warning issued following the release of Netflix's Adolescence over 'tsunami' of boys turning to misogyny - as experts say the show is 'not fiction, it's reality'
1 week, 1 day ago

Dire warning issued following the release of Netflix's Adolescence over 'tsunami' of boys turning to misogyny - as experts say the show is 'not fiction, it's reality'

Daily Mail  

A 'tsunami' of British boys are turning to misogyny amid an increasing 'pool of rage' seething among young male teens, education experts have disturbingly claimed. Pictured is Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston as she is confronted by troubled teen Jamie Miller Adolescence stars Stephen Graham as the father of troubled teen Jamie who is accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl …

Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ takes on the dark world of incels. But who are they?
1 week, 3 days ago

Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ takes on the dark world of incels. But who are they?

Firstpost  

Everyone’s talking about Netflix’s new mini-series ‘Adolescence’ that talks about a 13-year-old boy killing his classmate after she mocks him for being an incel. According to the Anti-Defamation League in the US, incels are “heterosexual men who blame women and society for their lack of romantic success.” Experts say that incels harbour deep resentment towards women and other men who …

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