A couple of days ago, Dom showed me the first episode of a series on Netflix which I had never heard of before, but which I now think everyone needs to check out. I’m only a couple of episodes in to Adolescence, and don’t want to try to give any sort of proper review or analysis of it until I’ve seen the entire series at least once; but I can already see it is a clear demonstration of just how advanced the produce of online streaming services is becoming. It is a highly sophisticated psychological drama about childhood masculinity and sexuality which draws audiences in over several episodes. Until fairly recently, such dramas were the sole domain of large mainstream TV channels, but streaming has now opened that realm up, and we are now finding increasingly sophisticated dramas online. Such programs are starting to receive increasingly high-end critical attention. It is another example of just how radically the internet has changed how we consume film and television: we no longer need to go to the cinema to watch such texts, or wait until they get screened on TV, but can view them whenever we like on our computers or even mobile phones.

I intend to write more about Adolescence soon, but in the meantime I would highly recommend checking it out if you can.