“Adolescence” combines the gripping crime drama with a generation comment

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Celia Hoffman
Connector employee

Netflix 'new limited series “Adolescence” is a gripping storytelling of the danger that the wave “Incel” and “Red Pill” follows, which has gripped a generation of young men and boys.

The series will begin on March 13 with the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie Miller when he is accused of murdering his classmate. This crime drama follows Jamie and his family through this life -changing experience in a raw emotion due to the unique events that they face.

The show does a more than appropriate task to illuminate the appreciation for young men for the “Red Pill” ideology, which comes from the famous film “The Matrix”, in which the goal is to achieve the truth. It has also increased a significant increase in Incel – Involunty Celibat – the community in which men believe that they are unable to attract women, and are therefore often hostile to women and men who often attract women. These labels are often thrown around in the online communities “manosphere” that take over the rights and anti-feminism of men.

“Adolescence” gives space for a conversation about what this ideology could lead to young men. The show hopes to dismantle it by working for more precise monitoring of social media by parents. It also illuminates the subsequent loss of innocence with which the younger generations are confronted, which can often occur out of overconsum on social media.

Owen Cooper, who plays the accused teenager Jamie, offers the audience an outstanding performance with his representation of a victim of this new niche culture. Stephen Graham, who plays Jamie's father Eddie Miller, makes the series all the raw. Graham's representation of a father as a potential criminal is fascinating to observe, and his own struggle against masculinity in the entire series gives Jamie's feelings much deeper layers in childhood.

Each episode is turned in a single setting, which can make it difficult for the actors to deliver hours of episodes without mistakes. The occupation of the “adolescence” does not seem to stage this pressure, since every actor delivers an unforgettable performance. Graham is particularly noticeable when he woven many emotionally charged scenes with the camera.

Erin Doherty, who plays Jamies from the court, also brings an authentic performance into the show. Due to the discomfort and tension that you create with your chemistry, Doherty's Solo conversation with Coopers Jamie is a terrifying scene.

Filming for each episode within the limits of one or two places is a phenomenal use of the single-take direction. The second episode of the series “Episode 2” follows the detectives on Jamie's case when they visit his high school. The camera does a great job in a few moments to break away from the detective and to focus on the behavior of Jamie's classmates and colleagues.

In its generation, the camera shows a shocking loss of innocence that builds up during the entire episode. The audience must sit with the detective in the high school while trying to examine a side of social media and social pressure that almost nothing you know about.

The soundtrack also helps to create the uncanny of the series. Melancholic melodies open and close every episode and the characters in exciting moments. In the last episode you can see a children's choir cover from Sting's “Fragile”, which leaves the viewers uncanny feelings about Jamie and the fate of his family.

“Young people”, while they make an astonishing social comment, lets his viewers want more. In just four episodes, director Philip Barantini delivers an intensive amount of tension, thrill and drama and makes it one of the best limited series from Netflix.