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Anonymous wrote:Thought it was terrible. Trying so hard to be edgy and just gratuitous. Although I do really like Zendaya.

Definitely isn’t for the prudes.

The world needs more prudes, then. Heavy drug use and sex is nothing but trouble for teens. I am so sick of shows and movies that glorify this and act like it is what it means to be a teen.

I don't understand why people enjoy watching teens wreck their lives.

If you want to bury your head in the sand then so be it.

Except there is a difference between this being a person:s entertainment ( since it is a scripted show and all) and understanding reality and how to navigate that. This show doesn't even bother me but I do at least understand PPs point of view. It's a bit strange that we as a society keep wanting to see this story motif

Anonymous wrote:I watched it and it didn't interest me that much. It reminded me of "Kids," set forward in time around 25 years. I didn't feel like it was saying much new or interesting.

This. And it also is soooo tired when every incarnation of this story gets told and people are up in arms about "parents need to wake up and this is what life is like for teens". Nope, for a segment yes. But not even close to the majority. Teens are actually DELAYING risky behaviors in the last few decades. We should be far more scared of the online witch hunts and bullying fodder..that's what's really going on with the majority not kids and bearing out upticks in teen suicides, depression, etc. This is very much not reality on any scale.

Heavy drug use and sex is nothing but trouble for teens. I am so sick of shows and movies that glorify this and act like it is what it means to be a teen.

I don't know that I would agree that the show "glorified" it. I didn't especially like the first episode, but the characters came across as unhappy and misguided.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought it was terrible. Trying so hard to be edgy and just gratuitous. Although I do really like Zendaya.

Definitely isn’t for the prudes.

The world needs more prudes, then. Heavy drug use and sex is nothing but trouble for teens. I am so sick of shows and movies that glorify this and act like it is what it means to be a teen.

I don't understand why people enjoy watching teens wreck their lives.

If you want to bury your head in the sand then so be it.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought it was terrible. Trying so hard to be edgy and just gratuitous. Although I do really like Zendaya.

Definitely isn’t for the prudes.

The world needs more prudes, then. Heavy drug use and sex is nothing but trouble for teens. I am so sick of shows and movies that glorify this and act like it is what it means to be a teen.

I don't understand why people enjoy watching teens wreck their lives.

+1

I watched it and it didn't interest me that much. It reminded me of "Kids," set forward in time around 25 years. I didn't feel like it was saying much new or interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought it was terrible. Trying so hard to be edgy and just gratuitous. Although I do really like Zendaya.

Definitely isn’t for the prudes.

The world needs more prudes, then. Heavy drug use and sex is nothing but trouble for teens. I am so sick of shows and movies that glorify this and act like it is what it means to be a teen.

I don't understand why people enjoy watching teens wreck their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

Ha yes I have! They may dress inappropriately, but through layers of makeup they still have baby faces. I looked up the ages of the actors and was shocked they were in their early 20s. I would have thought between 25 and 30.

Yeah with the make up some of those kids look like 20 yr olds. Some have baby faces sure but, most I’ve seen look older. If it weren’t for the way they dress and carry themself I wouldn’t be able to tell a teen from an adult.

With the exception of the little sister, the main "teen" actors on the show are all in their young 20's. Isn't there a showbiz law that minors cannot be in scenes with nudity or provocative matter? If nudity is depicted, it is a body double. During the regular school year, most teen girls look like teen girls to me, some look 12, honestly, but I'm getting old. During prom season with hair and make-up and wearing formal clothing, many of them looked much older to me.

Correct, body doubles are required in those instances involving minors, even if they are present/watching a sexual scene.

I actually missed the first 20 minutes and was surprised to learn when I rewatched that this is supposed to be about 15/16 year olds. The male actors looked much older to me with all of the chest/facial hair and muscle development.

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Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

Ha yes I have! They may dress inappropriately, but through layers of makeup they still have baby faces. I looked up the ages of the actors and was shocked they were in their early 20s. I would have thought between 25 and 30.

Yeah with the make up some of those kids look like 20 yr olds. Some have baby faces sure but, most I’ve seen look older. If it weren’t for the way they dress and carry themself I wouldn’t be able to tell a teen from an adult.

With the exception of the little sister, the main "teen" actors on the show are all in their young 20's. Isn't there a showbiz law that minors cannot be in scenes with nudity or provocative matter? If nudity is depicted, it is a body double. During the regular school year, most teen girls look like teen girls to me, some look 12, honestly, but I'm getting old. During prom season with hair and make-up and wearing formal clothing, many of them looked much older to me.

DH and I watched it last night and were chilled to the core. We have a teen DD who suffers from depression and anxiety so it really hit home for us and left us terrified. But it did get our heads out of our asses.

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Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

Ha yes I have! They may dress inappropriately, but through layers of makeup they still have baby faces. I looked up the ages of the actors and was shocked they were in their early 20s. I would have thought between 25 and 30.

The girl in the sex scene had fake boobs, right?

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Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

Ha yes I have! They may dress inappropriately, but through layers of makeup they still have baby faces. I looked up the ages of the actors and was shocked they were in their early 20s. I would have thought between 25 and 30.

Yeah with the make up some of those kids look like 20 yr olds. Some have baby faces sure but, most I’ve seen look older. If it weren’t for the way they dress and carry themself I wouldn’t be able to tell a teen from an adult.

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Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

Ha yes I have! They may dress inappropriately, but through layers of makeup they still have baby faces. I looked up the ages of the actors and was shocked they were in their early 20s. I would have thought between 25 and 30.

Anonymous wrote:The actors looked too old to play high school students.

You haven’t seen high school kids recently have you?

The actors looked too old to play high school students.