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Watched episode 3 last night - I'm a million mile away from being in performing arts so I was constantly amazed by how anyone could remember that amount of dialogue AND act/ignore the film crew hovering around for the hour of the single take.
But I actually find Stephen Graham a bit boring.
I don't think an interesting/dynamic plumber was needed in this. The mundanity was a big part of the story.
Episode 4 did feel weaker, especially if viewed straight after 3 like we did.
Didn't pick up my phone for the full four hours of this which is very rare nowadays - there's usually some mental drift.
Didn't pick up my phone for the full four hours of this which is very rare nowadays - there's usually some mental drift.
Yeah, I was the same. I often have a couple of beers if we're watching a bit of TV, but I barely even picked up my glass while watching it.
Watched it, thought it was ok. Superb cinematography and cleverly filmed to achieve the one take episodes but potentially the one take thing retracted from the quality of the storytelling, for example the relationship with the policeman and his son, and I don’t think it made sense the jump in Jamie from being called an incel to murdering, and really as it’s fiction could’ve been better explained as there’s not the context of a real life event to close the gaps. Episode three the highlight, the lad who plays Jamie’s acting is excellent.
Think it’s a terrible idea showing it in schools, will alienate its target audience who are already the most disadvantaged at schools. Also it’s fiction! Imagine if we had lessons for young ****stani lads about not joining grooming gangs, or Rwandans to not stab three girls at a Taylor Swift dance class. It’s not fair to alienate the majority for the actions of a few, least of all when it’s not even a true story.
There’s also incredible irony that a show featuring a properly crap school where they were only watching videos, will now be shown in schools.
*edit* not sure why STW filters the first 4 letters in the name of a real country
Think it’s a terrible idea showing it in schools, will alienate its target audience who are already the most disadvantaged at schools.
I tend to think that many older people do teenagers a disservice by assuming that they're incapable of grasping nuance and subtlety.
I don’t think it made sense the jump in Jamie from being called an incel to murdering, and really as it’s fiction could’ve been better explained as there’s not the context of a real life event to close the gaps
Last week a court in Glasgow dealt with a 13y old who killed another teenager with a knife over £50 and some resulting angry exchanges on social media.
today a court in Edinburgh sentenced a 17yr old who stabbed someone seemingly for saying, “calm down Harry Potter”.
the point is it doesn’t make sense - neither does real life! And when I went to school we could read and watch Romeo and Juliet, the Great Gatsby or Lord of the Flies and we were expected to discuss the motivations of the characters, not always from the position that the bad guy was bad. We managed to do that with fictional stories but they weren’t very relatable.
Think it’s a terrible idea showing it in schools, will alienate its target audience who are already the most disadvantaged at schools.
I tend to think that many older people do teenagers a disservice by assuming that they're incapable of grasping nuance and subtlety.
I’m early Gen Z, my siblings are Gen Alpha (had to google when Gen Alpha is tbf)
I don’t think it made sense the jump in Jamie from being called an incel to murdering, and really as it’s fiction could’ve been better explained as there’s not the context of a real life event to close the gaps
Last week a court in Glasgow dealt with a 13y old who killed another teenager with a knife over £50 and some resulting angry exchanges on social media.
today a court in Edinburgh sentenced a 17yr old who stabbed someone seemingly for saying, “calm down Harry Potter”.
The Glasgow example, they were members of rival gangs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j0zxrpy78o.amp
And the Edinburgh example, stabbing someone you were fighting moments before is also more believable as shocking as it is. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c705z18vgrgo.amp
potentially the one take thing retracted from the quality of the storytelling
100% agree