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Incels furious at TV show for accurately depicting incel culture (newsthump.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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The online incel community has taken a break from blaming women for their ongoing failures in life to issue a collective tantrum over Netflix’s new drama Adolescence, which dares—dares, mind you—to portray incel culture as the toxic, rage-filled echo chamber it so demonstrably is.

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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, the acting was top-notch, but the scripting was not. The scripting for the children in episode 2 was good and believable, but Jamie's quips and remarks were way too quick (as in witty) and unnatural sounding for a 13-year-old.

[–] veng@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I knew a number of people back when I was 13 that were incredibly quick witted with teachers, and one who could easily manipulate the teacher and the class into not working nearly every lesson.

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Were those the kids that would normally be incels though? When I was growing up, the 'incel' kids weren't the witty class clowns, they were the quiet ones, usually with a bit of the 'tism in them.