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‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne Rejects ‘Absurd’ Race-Swap Theory Amplified by Elon Musk: ‘We’re Not Making a Point About Race’ but ‘About Masculinity’
Jack Thorne has slammed accusations that 'Adolescence' was based on a real life murder by a Black teenager
Jack Thorne — who co-wrote Netflix phenomenon “ Adolescence ” with Stephen Graham — has rejected claims that the show was based on a real-life crime committed by a Black child, a theory that had been amplified by Elon Musk on social media. The four-part drama, directed by Barantini and starring Graham, Ashley Walters and Erin Doherty, revolves around the brutal murder of a young girl by a 13-year-old schoolboy (played by Owen Cooper). Yet a post on X asserted that “Adolescence” was based on “real life case such as the Southport murderer” and that, in making the perpetrator white, it amounted to “anti-white propaganda.” Musk, in his usual style, didn’t overtly agree with the accusation but promoted it to a far wider audience by commenting, “Wow.”
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