His take on adolescence which I do agree with
https://x.com/thetinmenblog/status/1900489581071360196?s=46&t=A2fpFNgDRyXF2d6ye97wEA
“The level of craft within Netflix's new series 'Adolescence' is incredible, particularly Stephen Graham.
I wonder though, as the camera and grip teams rehearsed those hour long perfectly choreographed single takes, why did the research department put such little effort and good faith into understanding the core issue around which the programme is based?
I've never seen such meticulous effort in production, let down by shear laziness in R&D; whose meme level, myopic understanding of "the crisis of masculinity" just smashes together whatever soundbites and fist-shaking catchphrases they found on TikTok, with the usual level of pearl clutching.
Do they even realise that Andrew Tate and Incels are entirely different things, with the two holding nothing but utter resentment for one another?
Do they realise, that despite all the gun totting SWAT teams; running up stairs, and kicking down doors, the crisis of incels has never been one of counter terrorism, but one of mental health support?
Not to mention, nothing said or done about the no-less problematic "toxic" messaging being force fed to boys in school, by the state, which leaves so many adrift in a sea of red pill grifters.
Despite looking great, the whole thing comes across like another self-congratulatory circle wank, around which tone deaf celebrities can pat themselves on the back, wash their hands of accountability, and declare the whole thing, "a job well done".
Well, in my view, it isn't.
(Seriously though, the acting and production itself, is superb.)”