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Jack Thorne’s Adolescence is how crime drama should be done
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61% Informative
A 13-year-old boy is arrested for murder, and even if he wasn’t so small and bonny and freckled, you’d be in a state.
But Adolescence is also a one -take drama, a single camera doggedly following the cast around.
This is how it’s done, you think, drama and a decent investigation alike.
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52
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44
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36
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informal
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English
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35
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