Netflix's breakout drama Adolescence has triumphed at this year's Emmys, winning six awards. The series, which became the streamer's second most-watched show ever, won for limited series, directing and writing and also picked up three acting awards. Owen Cooper became the youngest ever winner of the award for best supporting actor in a limited series. In his speech, the 15-year-old called the experience just so surreal.
Yes, it's that time of year again, where you realize how much TV you haven't seen the Emmys are back! And with a healthy mix of award show veterans and newbies. With the absence of Shogun, which basically swept the drama awards last year, the race this year is shaping up to be one of the more interesting competitions this year.
Looking back, most parents and adult children are going to have some regrets about their adolescent time together. They may regret what they did (commission) or didn't do (omission)-mistakes made or opportunities missed. Commission regrets might be: "I wish I hadn't lied to them about so much and grown so far away." Dishonesty costs intimacy, creating distance from distrust. Or: "We held onto her too tight when we should have done more letting go!" Their need to control delayed important youthful learning from life experience.
The stakes can feel enormous. Peer influence is real and powerful, and it shifts dramatically during the teenage years. When children are young, they spend most of their time in smaller, more supervised worlds-at home with family and at school with teachers who keep a close eye on them. But as kids move into adolescence and gain more independence, friends start mattering more, filling the space previously held by parents and teachers
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The awkward longing, the spots, the insecurity: it's enough to cringe yourself into oblivion. For John Patrick McHugh, however, it is a rich seam to squeeze not only for humour, but for a nuanced examination of burgeoning masculinity.