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That Wild 'Adolescence' Audition Tape—and the Debate the Netflix Hit Has Sparked

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Summary
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65% Informative

Netflix has released the audition tape of Adolescence’s young lead, Owen Cooper .

In the clip, Cooper can be seen dropping lines similar to what ends up in the final series.

The show's unflinching look at incel culture has launched a few think pieces on the deluge of misogynistic content shaping how young boys and men understand sex, power, and their place in the world.

Boys on 4chan are already parroting pornified ideas of sex, calling girls sluts, and joking about breasts.

Girls are socialized into it too. Girls in my daughter’s school have shared porn too.

The root is that the very notion of masculinity is still built on access, on the idea that men are owed something from women.

VR Score

57

Informative language

50

Neutral language

26

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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