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Adolescence Is Powerful Drama But It Ignored The Real Why Of Male Rage
Girls don’t blame boys for being alone or unpopular, so why do boys find it so easy to blame girls?
I don’t know what I’m more disappointed in, this show or what I’m seeing people writing about it. Not that it wasn’t good, don’t get me wrong. The drama was incredible. Made me cry. But it missed the boat. And no one seems to understand it and I don’t get where the takeaways come from.
The series has so far. says it’s number one in the global Top 10, most watched series in almost every country, and the most watched show among Americans right now.
They were very clear about saying it’s not a whodunit. It’s about why. And I wanted to hear that. I wanted to know why. And they utterly failed to answer that question in any real or meaningful way.
Maybe keep reading before you disagree too quickly.
It’s about Jamie, a thirteen year old boy accused of killing a girl in his class.
The drama is stunning right from the opening. Police bust down the door of a suburban house. A woman in a yellow robe falls to the floor with her hands above her head. Her husband is a burly man standing against the wall in the…
