Celebrate Adolescence's Emmy win - but don't forget the message at its core
By Aaron Winter
Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper's Emmy wins for their performances in Adolescence are welcome news for people who admire their acting.
It's also heartening for everyone concerned about misogyny, knife crime, and online radicalisation. The British series focused on 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Cooper), who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a girl, Katie Leonard (Emilia Holliday), the role of social media and masculinity, and the impact of this on him, his and her families, and the community.
The renewed publicity from the Emmys will likely result in increased attention to the issues. This also comes after the murder of Charlie Kirk in the US and the far-right 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in the UK, which has also led to increased concern about and attention on extremism, online radicalisation, and violence.
Despite all the good the series has done for raising these issues, it is not without its problems. These are ones that, ironically, are compounded by such attention and use.
The first problem is that sexism and........
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