Watching āAdolescenceā on Netflix. Half way through and itās phenomenal. Ashley Walters is brilliant and Stephen Graham excellent as ever, but all the acting is great, even the kids.
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I heard something similar this morning. Apparently there is another recently released show that Graham and Williams did together (something about victorian bare knuckle boxers) that was excellent.
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A Thousand Blows
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Wasnāt that on Pornhub? 
@PeachesEnRegalia is our man to clarify.
This season is meandering. None of the plot points are really any more advanced than they were by the second episode, but my god that scene with Goggins and Sam Rockwell in this weekās episode 
Gogginsā physical acting, reacting worldlessly to what was being said to him, was career defining.
Pumped for Gangs of London series 3 violence.
Can second this. Just finished the series.
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Just finished āAdolescenceā. Close to tears at the end to be honest. Devastating, but brilliant.
This article tells it better than I ever couldā¦
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Iāll try to say this without spoilers, but the scene in the interrogation room where Graham is left alone with his son to come to terms with what he has learned was astonishing. It was about 2 mins with no dialogue and both actors, including the kid, acting their fucking arses off. It was devastating.
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Liked the one with the kid and the counselor as well.
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Got to watching Daredevil - Born Again.
Pretty good series for something MCU.
Stephen Graham is a national treasure. He never gets mentioned in lists of best British actors - but heās as good as anyone.
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Half way through Adolescence and agree that itās brilliant. Love the one take thing (like in the movie ā1917ā) - did not touched my smartphone once while watching.
By the way I think thatās the first British show Iāve watched since Peaky Blinders 
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Is it literal single take, as in a filmed stage play, or simulated, as in Hitchcockās Rope?
I honestly didnāt notice it and only realized that is how they filmed it when I read it after the fact.
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I will admit up front this might be an over reaction butā¦
Does this show feel even more culturally important precisely because it came from someone like Graham, a proper guyās guy? Iāve seen first hand how for people who fall into this specific hole that most criticisms of their world view are reflexively dismissed as coming from someone who just donāt get what it means to be an alpha. For these criticism to be coming from someone like him, someone whoās played a very convincing Al Capone, someone whose entire presence screams testosterone, it seems even more powerful.
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You make that sound like an admirable quality.
It isnāt. Just look at all the āalphaā pricks currently fucking up the world.
Well that is spectacular example of missing the point.
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