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I’m sorry son, I should have done better

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From time to time everyone seems to talk about a film or a series which provokes heated debates in the media and society. One example of this phenomenon is the recent miniseries written and produced by Jack Thorne and the actor Stephen Graham called Adolescence . I had been looking forward to watching it as the story is centered around masculinity. I also wanted to see the highly praised filming techniques employed by the director, Philip Bragantini. After watching the intense 4 episodes, I had so many thoughts and impressions that I decided to share them with whoever still reads my blog these days. I had been following Stephen Graham’s acting career for some time already and admired his talent greatly. I first saw him in one of my favourite films - This is England , and then also in the 3 seasons of the series under the same title. Graham played a skinhead who had become a neonazi while in jail and ended up assaulting and almost killing a fellow skinhead of Jamaican origin. Apparently...