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Adolescence Almost Died in Infancy
Days after another streamer rejected them, the creators got an emergency meeting with Netflix — and a green-light.
Despite little promotion, the four-part British drama from Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne hit Netflix mid-March and promptly exploded, mesmerizing viewers with the story of 13-year-old Jamie, played by newcomer Owen Cooper, who is arrested after fatally stabbing his female classmate. Set during one exceptionally stressful evening in a high-end London restaurant, the film follows Graham’s character, the head chef, who is faced with constant pressures from food inspectors, chaotic employees, money issues, and more as tensions rise and tempers flare in the kitchen. Thorne went deeper by trawling internet rabbit holes and speaking with teenagers and their teachers, and what struck him wasn’t the headline-grabbing figures like Andrew Tate but the lesser-known voices echoing the same ideas: young men with a few hundred views on YouTube, livestreams, and social media casually analyzing Arsenal matches one moment, then veering into grievances about women the next.
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