Netflix hit "Adolescence" fuels push in U.K. schools to teach boys about the risks of online misogyny
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London — Netflix's global hit "Adolescence" has officially become the streaming service's biggest-ever U.K. drama, amassing over 120 million views and jumping into the Number 3 slot on the list of Netflix's most popular English-language shows of all time. It has also ranked among the streaming giant's top-10 shows in the U.S for the past five weeks.
The gritty drama about the risks of pervasive radicalized, violent, misogynistic content online — a world virtually invisible to many older generations — has gripped the British audience and sparked a national conversation that extends from school gates across the country, all the way to the U.K. prime minister's office in London.
Forcing viewers inside an unbearable reality, the show captures a parent's worst nightmare. "Adolescence" follows the story of Jamie, a 13 year old boy arrested for a murder that his parents simply cannot believe he is capable of committing. But it quickly becomes clear that he did do it, and his motive shocks and initially perplexes his parents, along with the police, and the show's massive audience.
