Netflix's Adolescence: Teen TV is changing again
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Netflix's Adolescence: Teen TV is changing again

Hindustan Times  

Television has always been a reflection of the times. Adolescence challenges archetypes, positioning itself alongside influential teen shows like Euphoria and My So-Called Life, marking a shift towards nuanced storytelling in contemporary television. The 90s: Emotional Depth and Complex Characters Cut to the 90s, when shows like My So-Called Life and Buffy the Vampire Slayer introduced complex character development and deeper emotional struggles. Shows like 13 Reasons Why and Euphoria directly confronted issues like suicide and drug addiction with an unflinching intensity, at times making them difficult to watch. Just like My So-Called Life, and Euphoria defined their times, Adolescence holds up a mirror to modern teenage life - and it’s always not a pretty picture.

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Will Netflix hit Adolescence be back with a second chapter? Creators respond
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2 days, 7 hours ago

Will Netflix hit Adolescence be back with a second chapter? Creators respond

Hindustan Times  

Netflix series Adolescence has achieved global success, catapulting to the top of streaming charts in 80 countries worldwide, including India and Australia. Adolescence creators drop major hint Despite its widespread acclaim, the show's creators, Stephen Graham and his wife Hannah Walters, had not anticipated such an explosive response to their four-part series. But yeah, everything’s looking good … everyone’s happy, …

Adolescence, brilliance of British crime shows, and why US is losing the genre war
5 days, 14 hours ago

Adolescence, brilliance of British crime shows, and why US is losing the genre war

India Today  

Why are British crime thrillers considered more compelling compared to their American counterparts? Both the British dramas explore the deep impact of crime on communities, and even though the Sarah Lancashire-starrer is a multi-layered show, the Olivia Colman one is a fantastic whodunnit mystery. A still from British crime drama 'Broadchurch' Apart from the show's pace and the immersive storytelling …

Why Netflix's Adolescence is a wake-up call to society
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1 week, 3 days ago

Why Netflix's Adolescence is a wake-up call to society

Hindustan Times  

The age of social media has transformed the world and is shaping communication, culture, politics, business, and even personal identity, today. What’s going on with our society?’” But the web series is layered and as you dig deeper, you realise how social media contributed extensively to shaping 13-year-old Jamie Miller’s personality, self-image, self-esteem, fragile ego and the social isolation he …

Why Adolescence's one-take storytelling to deliver a gritty look on teen rage, bullying and social media is a must-watch
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Why Adolescence's one-take storytelling to deliver a gritty look on teen rage, bullying and social media is a must-watch

Hindustan Times  

Exploring the mind of a criminal is always a delicate task—one that risks blurring the line between understanding and justification. Adolescence doesn’t just tell a story—it forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about masculinity, social media, and the impact of unchecked online culture. Over the course of four harrowing episodes, Adolescence pieces together the events leading up to the crime, …

Adolescence: Why everyone's talking about this mini-series on Netflix
1 week, 5 days ago

Adolescence: Why everyone's talking about this mini-series on Netflix

India Today  

Netflix’s Adolescence, a four-part limited series starring Stephen Graham, has captivated audiences and critics alike. Explaining the theme of Adolescence, co-creator Graham told Netflix, "One of our aims was to ask, ‘What is happening to our young men these days, and what are the pressures they face from their peers, from the internet, and from social media?’" The idea for …

Adolescence on Netflix is the most searing, brilliant TV drama in years... and this is why EVERYONE must watch it: SARAH VINE
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Adolescence on Netflix is the most searing, brilliant TV drama in years... and this is why EVERYONE must watch it: SARAH VINE

Daily Mail  

There is a moment in the final heartrending scene between husband and wife Eddie and Manda Miller at the end of Netflix’s new four-part series, Adolescence, in which Eddie – played brilliantly by Stephen Graham – sobs: ‘But he was in his room, wasn’t he? The tragedy of a generation exposed far too early and far too casually to the …

Adolescence: Netflix’s new No. 1 hit is one of the best shows of the year.
55 years, 2 months ago

Adolescence: Netflix’s new No. 1 hit is one of the best shows of the year.

Slate  

Netflix is often full of crap. DI Bascombe, with his partner Detective Sergeant Frank, are our guides in the second episode, set a few days later and located entirely in Jamie’s school, where they go to ask kids questions about the relationship between the victim and the accused. The problem at the school could be shorthandedly identified as being “about …

Grown-ish, Good Trouble finales spell the end of teen TV shows.
10 months, 1 week ago

Grown-ish, Good Trouble finales spell the end of teen TV shows.

Slate  

With little fanfare outside of the not-so-surprise return of an old fan favorite, the Freeform drama Good Trouble completed its laudable five-season run on March 5. Its network sibling Grown-ish, the college-focused spinoff of ABC’s Black-ish, will soon, after a prolonged and disjointed sixth season, air its series finale, unceremoniously ushering in a disappointing era of TV that you might …

Why young adult television suddenly feels different
1 year, 9 months ago

Why young adult television suddenly feels different

LA Times  

With series like “Wednesday,” starring Jenna Ortega, channels and showrunners are taking darker turns with multi-generational storytelling that features complex and nuanced characters and situations. With such series as “Wednesday,” the reimagined “Bel-Air”, “School Spirits” and “Wolf Pack”, and “Cobra Kai”, channels and showrunners are taking darker turns with multi-generational storytelling that features complex and nuanced characters and situations. “You …

Mismatched, Flames, Feels Like Home: OTT goes big on teen trysts
2 years, 5 months ago

Mismatched, Flames, Feels Like Home: OTT goes big on teen trysts

Hindustan Times  

Crushes, camaraderie, conflicts and a dash of drama — a concoction of these forms the life of a teen or young adult. Mismatched is an example of the growing popularity of teen dramas in the OTT space “We started telling stories about teenagers and young adults in the 1990s. Many shows and films, especially on the digital medium, are filling …

Rampant hormones and self-discovery: Why teen dramas will always be relevant no matter your age
4 years, 4 months ago

Rampant hormones and self-discovery: Why teen dramas will always be relevant no matter your age

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In We Are Who We Are, an eight-part series set on …

10 Teen Shows To Watch On Netflix
4 years, 4 months ago

10 Teen Shows To Watch On Netflix

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The “teen show” has an inherent appeal as it can seamlessly wade into the soapy romantic dramas of budding adulthood while featuring characters full of youthful, optimistic ambitions. Runtime: 121 episodes of roughly 40 minutes Premise: “Sex Education” is one of Netflix’s first forays into trying to tackle a hypermature version of a teen show, with nuanced …

Teen TV shows like Netflix's Never Have I Ever can comfort you as an adult
4 years, 10 months ago

Teen TV shows like Netflix's Never Have I Ever can comfort you as an adult

ABC  

Even as an adult with a teenage daughter, watching a 'first kiss' scene often induces involuntary goosebumps up and down my arms — especially if that kiss is unexpected. In one scene in Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series, Never Have I Ever, protagonist Devi finally gets her first kiss. "Being a teenager, your biggest problem was like, when your homework …

Beyond Clueless: Revisiting the films that dominated our adolescence
10 years, 2 months ago

Beyond Clueless: Revisiting the films that dominated our adolescence

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Take Project X. Adolescent audiences flocked to the raucous party movie on its release in …

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