Thirteen Reasons Why on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I really think this show glamorizes suicide and, like others had pointed out, depicts it as a revenge fantasy. I went to a very small private school with lots of 'drama' and also suffered from pretty severe depression and anxiety. I often did fantasize about people who had hurt my feelings 'missing me when I was gone' or that my ex boyfriend would regret it if I did something to myself.

Obviously as an adult it is easier to put these things in perspective but as a young teen I can see it being damaging.

I know i'm late - but just getting through it now. It's horribly histrionic- but I guess a lot of teens are. I went through a very short episode myself- but verrrry short (like, a few days? after a break up?) I wonder if some teens consider suicide as a revenge fantasy and don't really get beyond that - they don't think it through completely and end up dead in spite of themselves. Many teens are notoriously short-sighted and self-centered.

I tried to get my eldest (12) to watch but he said "too boring" and either the subtleties are lost on him or it's too embarrassing to watch with Mom.

12 is much too young!

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Eh I don't get what all the fuss is about. Hannah clearly had mental issues because apart from the rape, the transgressions weren't material. I thought the publishing of the anonymous poem and the friends that fell out of friendship were particularly ordinary.

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Anonymous wrote:This series is going to get blamed if ANY kid who has watched it attempts or completes suicide in the next year or two.

Well the writer of the book and the producers of this show should have THOUGHT about that.

Listen to this man suffering from bipolar disorder who attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/05/01/suicide-attempt-golden-gate-bridge

He website accounts that outline how to kill yourself--one promised that it would be painless and you'd be killed instantly if you jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. Nope. He lacerated organs, shattered some vertebrae, and nearly drowned.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This series is going to get blamed if ANY kid who has watched it attempts or completes suicide in the next year or two.

Well the writer of the book and the producers of this show should have THOUGHT about that.

Listen to this man suffering from bipolar disorder who attempted suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge:
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/05/01/suicide-attempt-golden-gate-bridge

He read website accounts that outline how to kill yourself--one promised that it would be painless and you'd be killed instantly if you jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge. Nope. He lacerated organs, shattered some vertebrae, and nearly drowned.

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Anonymous wrote:The girl that killed herself seemed like a semi well adjusted teen. I think it didn't make sense that she killed herself.

I'm only on the 4th episode, but I agree. It just doesn't sound plausible yet, though maybe it will make more sense as I watch the other episodes.

Also - I had completely thought Alex was gay, and now it turns out he's not? I also find it completely implausible that he would be accepted by the jock guys. He's the artsy, slender, sensitive type that they would typically shun.

It is weird they showed him surrounded by effeminate guys when hannah said he moved up from her and jessica

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Anonymous wrote:Wowwww. I'm almost finished. It's awful. She's clearly mentally ill but they make it look like oh just be nice to people then they won't kill themselves. Um no.

Shes very selfish.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The girl that killed herself seemed like a semi well adjusted teen. I think it didn't make sense that she killed herself.

I'm only on the 4th episode, but I agree. It just doesn't sound plausible yet, though maybe it will make more sense as I watch the other episodes.

Also - I had completely thought Alex was gay, and now it turns out he's not? I also find it completely implausible that he would be accepted by the jock guys. He's the artsy, slender, sensitive type that they would typically shun.

It is weird they showed him surrounded by effeminate guys when hannah said he moved up from her and jessica

Also didnt jess say that hed meet a bad boy in remedial math?

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Not iinterested. Tragedy porn.

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Just finished binge watching and loved it. Of course it's melodramatic-it's about teenagers. I don't agree with that post review at all.

I did had to suspend disbelief that all these teenagers would have access to tapeplayers though. Unless they all borrowed Tony's Walkman...

This part cracked me up as well because I don't even know any families who still have a traditional stereo type radio. I mean, I get that having cassettes creates an actual tactile object to pass on that's more substantial than a CD, but still...

The book it was based on, from 2007, referenced a Walkman. They updated other aspects of the plot to reflect the growth of social media since that time, but I guess they wanted to honor something that was in the book.

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Found myself really disliking some of the characters (other than the ones you were supposed to hate, like Bryce and Courtney.) In particular, Justin, Alex, and Jessica, even though I know we were supposed to feel sorry for them. And Skye...really? Does ANY high school student have tats like those?

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Just finished watching. I didn't feel any emotional connection to Hannah. She came across as having solid beliefs and at times really stuck up for herself and what's right. The actor playing Clay did a phenomenal job. You would have thought his character would be the suicidal one as Hannah seemed to always want the popular boys (on the outside). She jerked Clay around too much. I was surprised by how close most were with their parents and yet the parents had no idea their child knew Hannah. I guess there are parents not as involved. These didn't seem to project that yet they weren't. Jessica's character had the most depth and the actress did a great job displaying that mix of emotion much better than Hannah. I always loved the actor who played Alex from his days on Parenthood. The kids all looked college aged or older but I guess it's hard finding actors that are older yet look like high schoolers. I watched the after show. I think that was a good way to discuss the characters especially how painful physically it was for Hannah when she was committing suicide. I didn't think that scene was glorified at all.

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Anonymous wrote:My fourteen year old DD has watched it months ago and we talked about it at length after the panic I saw in this thread. In her words, "it's not for kids who are emotional or weak, and there are lots of them at my school, but a lot of my friends have watched it and got a lot out of it." She said it opened an entire conversation about how now to commit suicide amount the kids. The fact that it was produced or co produced by Selena Gomez was a draw for these kids. She also said, "you know what, the stuff that went on in that, that is what school is like today, private or not, parents just don't have a clue." We never do.

But the kids nowadays aren't as virginal and extremely naiive as the girl in the netflix show. When I was 14 we didn;t have social media so no sexting or porn videos sent to anyone. Now we hear about rape in rockville high school, girls offering sex for alcohol etc. I think social media and the internet has a huge part in making kids grow up faster than they should have. Kids are more addicted to phones and media for the attention and attention is vital when you are a teenage girl.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh I don't get what all the fuss is about. Hannah clearly had mental issues because apart from the rape, the transgressions weren't material. I thought the publishing of the anonymous poem and the friends that fell out of friendship were particularly ordinary.

I think its pretty clear that most people who end their lives are struggling mentally, not just "emotionally". Its often something where there is no logic to it.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh I don't get what all the fuss is about. Hannah clearly had mental issues because apart from the rape, the transgressions weren't material. I thought the publishing of the anonymous poem and the friends that fell out of friendship were particularly ordinary.

idk many sensitive teenagers would have had a hard time getting past being labeled a slut after the gross exposed-panties-on-the-slide photo sent to all fellow students at school. Much less rape. You guys are harsh.

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How are they going to make a sequel? Can they really stretch another season out following up on Hannah's death?