Sometimes, you have to know what all the hype is about. So, I gave in and binged on Adolescence in a single 24-hour period. It was good stuff, I thought. Gripping. The acting was great. The filming was clever, too, the way they made each of the four episodes in a single shot. As TV drama goes, I’d give it eight or nine out of ten. I’m sure it’ll win awards. But the keyword there is “drama”.
The Prime Minister might get all muddled and think it’s a documentary, but it most certainly is not. How do we know? Because it’s got actors and it’s scripted. Nobody dies. Nobody goes to prison. Not only that, but much of it doesn’t ring true. I could be picky about quite a few moments over the hours of it I watched. But the biggest point is this: boys aged 13 vanishingly rarely kill their schoolmates.
