Thirteen Reasons why

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So what I feel after watching 'thirteen reasons why' will more or less define this post. There were mixed reactions for this new teenage crime drama series and there are things about this series which really appealed to me. It is one of those things that you can relate to more, if you are a girl. High school experiences do not go well for many, it breaks you, shakes you and shapes you only if you are able to survive it. So the protagonist here, Hannah Baker fails to 'not care' repeatedly. What makes it worse for her is the fact that she consumes and believes in whatever people have to say and talk about her. There is a part in one of the episodes where Hannah is told by one of her peers ( a male) that she makes it to the top in the list of hot girls in the class and Hannah rebels back saying how would boys feel if girls too rated them?!. This very part won my applaud.It has been able to draw our attention towards body shaming as a crime. Teenage depression, lack of good parenting, heartbreaks, regrets, anger, revenge, mistreatment, crimes, need for LGBT education and rights, are issues that are portrayed here. Some other scenes too like for example when a peer (again a male) gropes Hannah's butt and treats it as a really friendly casual gesture and Hannah breaks down because her protest matters less and dies somewhere and she explains why, makes us think of situations where we too lost our control and continue to lose it. She tries to accommodate herself in the social system, time and again, but she fails. She is a good human who suffers. She makes us belief that suicide is not for the weak but for the sentimental. But there are scenes which has romanticized suicide and that is one major drawback of 'thirteen reasons why'. Further I personally think that Hannah should have had the ability to say a no when it was required. It could have saved her many troubles. More amazing is how she is naturally drawn to disasters and trust less the people who loved her. There are many unanswered questions though, which will hopefully be answered in season 2. Overall,' Thirteen Reasons why?' is a good watch, though not too good.

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