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The Guardian left the comments on…

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TheOutlaws · 21/09/2023 06:03

…and then closed them while I was composing my (supportive) response!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/21/sex-education-final-season-four-review-one-long-list-of-frustrations

Sex Education turned into such a bore fest, I stopped watching it after Season 2. I note that lots of its stars were in the (fairly GC) Barbie movie.

Sex Education final season review – one long list of frustrations

In this farewell series, the glorious horny teenagers we knew and loved have become earnest bores who use therapy speak and exist mainly to tick boxes. What a mood killer

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/21/sex-education-final-season-four-review-one-long-list-of-frustrations

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teawamutu · 21/09/2023 08:21

I knew Lucy Mangan had to be terfy 😁

GoodOldEmmaNess · 21/09/2023 08:19

Did anyone see any comments before the deletion? Did they include comments supportive of Mangan's (very mild) remarks about the gender identity related parts of the programme?

Are comments normally open for her pieces? In other words is there any credibility to the guardian statement that they were opened in error?

BCCoach · 21/09/2023 08:02

Unfortunately the American tail is wagging the British dog st the Guardian. They are terrified of antagonising their young, Democratic-leaning US readership. While also realising that their stance is away many of their British readers. It’s a shitshow.

MargotBamborough · 21/09/2023 07:51

Blimey, they didn't just close the comments, they deleted them.

nauticant · 21/09/2023 07:20

The writer, Laurie Nunn, was on the radio the other day making it clear that it was essential to shoehorn trans characters into the programme in order to educate the young audience.

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TheOutlaws · 21/09/2023 06:44

By the way, I think the writer (Laurie Nunn) should include everyone in her storylines. It’s just that Sex Education represents a certain type of (mostly) middle class, introspective young adult. It’s highly individualistic and all the characters are on their own planet.

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TheOutlaws · 21/09/2023 06:40

Another issue with Sex Education is that young people in theatre/tv/music/the media are far more likely to be surrounded by other young people who buy into this doctrine. Therefore, although the cast have no writing input, they’re likely to lean heavily into ideas that present themselves as superficially progressive. It adds to their cachet.

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TheOutlaws · 21/09/2023 06:36

No, it’s because Lucy M criticised the ‘gender affirming’ surgery angle. The Guardian don’t want people to agree with her, or think that it’s the Guardian’s position.

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mids2019 · 21/09/2023 06:32

Is it because the Guarcian were expecting a trendy teen drama about sex and relationships to have to have certain minimum of trans? Never watched it but are there trans characters and his are they porgrayed?