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This is just great, I loved this with all my heart. I really have no idea why I call this a 'teen show', I know many much older people who also enjoyed this a lot. This isn't some melodramatic teen drama with sex, drugs and harmful portrayals of mental illness shoehorned in with adult actors so the producers can get sex scenes into the show, instead it's a rare piece of television, tackling real teenage issues with respect, and the actors are teenagers themselves, neat. Speaking of the actors, they are suprisingly good and I was never taken out of the show due to the acting, it always felt like I was a bystander, watching as the events unfolded. The characters themselves were beliavable and I really love the original format of the show being released as small clips, (thus why the large text at the beginning of each scene telling the day and date). Even soundtrack was a bop, there were only two songs I felt were out of place or inappropiate for a scene but they weren't too distracting. But what really sells SKAM is the writing, it's just great, nothing could beat how Julie wrote this show.
The first season is about Eva, suspecting her boyfriend is cheating on her, worrying about russ bus and adapting to the high school life, making friends along the way. This season was melodramatic but I don't see it as a big problem, teens are dramatic and it never felt too unbelievable, like Eva wanting to change her school due to falling out with her boyfriend instead of wanting to confront him. And I love all the messages this season gave, especially that in high school, the upperclassmen don't care what you're doing.
The second season is about Noora, a strong independent feminist living with her roommates, and the ''popular guy'' ends up being interested in her and despite her hating him at first, they end up becoming a couple. Some other stuff happened but I just can't remember. This season is definitely my least favorite, maybe it's just because Noora was a character I despised or that this felt like an overdramatic season.
Season three really appealed to the lgbt by having Isak as the main character. Priorly he had been seen only kissing girls but this season is about him accepting his homosexuality and his relationship with Even. A fairly good season, tackling Isak's sexuality and mental illness and ot's the only season that made me cry.
The last season was about Sana and her trying to live the traditional Muslim lifestyle and the traditional Norwegian high school life. This season was pretty weak but not all that bad. It was a great time to end the series despite me wanting to see the students graduate. The ending was nothing special but it was good, ending on a high note.
Overall I'm happy that this show exists and it does give important messages to it's viewers. It's a shame how many remakes there are, they can never top the quality of the original and some viewers will never see the original, it's really a shame.
This is just great, I loved this with all my heart. I really have no idea why I call this a 'teen show', I know many much older people who also enjoyed this a lot. This isn't some melodramatic teen drama with sex, drugs and harmful portrayals of mental illness shoehorned in with adult actors so the producers can get sex scenes into the show, instead it's a rare piece of television, tackling real teenage issues with respect, and the actors are teenagers themselves, neat. Speaking of the actors, they are suprisingly good and I was never taken out of the show due to the acting, it always felt like I was a bystander, watching as the events unfolded. The characters themselves were beliavable and I really love the original format of the show being released as small clips, (thus why the large text at the beginning of each scene telling the day and date). Even soundtrack was a bop, there were only two songs I felt were out of place or inappropiate for a scene but they weren't too distracting. But what really sells SKAM is the writing, it's just great, nothing could beat how Julie wrote this show.
The first season is about Eva, suspecting her boyfriend is cheating on her, worrying about russ bus and adapting to the high school life, making friends along the way. This season was melodramatic but I don't see it as a big problem, teens are dramatic and it never felt too unbelievable, like Eva wanting to change her school due to falling out with her boyfriend instead of wanting to confront him. And I love all the messages this season gave, especially that in high school, the upperclassmen don't care what you're doing.
The second season is about Noora, a strong independent feminist living with her roommates, and the ''popular guy'' ends up being interested in her and despite her hating him at first, they end up becoming a couple. Some other stuff happened but I just can't remember. This season is definitely my least favorite, maybe it's just because Noora was a character I despised or that this felt like an overdramatic season.
Season three really appealed to the lgbt by having Isak as the main character. Priorly he had been seen only kissing girls but this season is about him accepting his homosexuality and his relationship with Even. A fairly good season, tackling Isak's sexuality and mental illness and ot's the only season that made me cry.
The last season was about Sana and her trying to live the traditional Muslim lifestyle and the traditional Norwegian high school life. This season was pretty weak but not all that bad. It was a great time to end the series despite me wanting to see the students graduate. The ending was nothing special but it was good, ending on a high note.
Overall I'm happy that this show exists and it does give important messages to it's viewers. It's a shame how many remakes there are, they can never top the quality of the original and some viewers will never see the original, it's really a shame.