 "How Netflix's 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper could set a new Emmys age record")
Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ is shining globally and Owen Cooper is the new star in the making at a mere age of 15. Could he set a new Emmys age record?
Scott Jacoby won the Emmy award in Best Drama Supporting Actor for That Certain Summer at the age of 16 in the year 1973. Five decades later, the record could be broken.
Filmed in a one-take style, Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s new crime drama on Netflix called Adolescence is a true masterpiece. You will be surprised to know that each episode was shot is a single continuous take. Here is how the story goes, a 13-year-old boy, Jamie, is accused of stabbing his female classmate to death. Adolescence raises a very crucial question about incel culture, male violence, and the pressures of social media.
It has amassed record-breaking 24.3 million views amid worldwide acclaim.
A post on Instagram read- “During the week of March 10th to March 16th, the harrowing one-take drama about a schoolboy accused of murder attained an impressive 24.3 million views. This made it second in views only to The Electric State, the streamer’s new $320 million blockbuster starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. This is quite a feat for a small drama from the UK with such a serious subject matter.”
What Stephen Graham, Netflix’s Adolescence co-creator said?
Stephen Graham, the show’s co-creator who also played Eddie Miller, told Netflix’s press site Tudum that a series of recent stabbings by boys inspired the tale.
What does the term ‘incel’ mean?
According to a CNN story, the term “incel” is everywhere. What was once a niche piece of internet slang now populating international headlines and is a frequent topic in discussions about gender, misogyny, violence and extremism. “Incel” is a portmanteau of “involuntary celibate.” In its most basic form, incel describes someone, usually a male, who is frustrated by their lack of sexual experiences.
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