The show’s deliberate placement of British kids in an American high school shows genre is dead. And with it, witless compliance between viewer and storytellerIt’s not often that a UK drama hits big in America, still less one about the travails of school life, given how distinct the education systems are, not to mention drinking habits of the two nations’ youth. Yet Sex Education has proved to be an exception. The Netflix show’s second season has been a smash on both sides of the Atlantic. But why?Perhaps it is in part because with Sex Education Netflix has given us a show that’s both British and American. This is transatlantic youth culture at its most florid. Our protagonists look like the cast of The Breakfast Club – they wear letterman jackets, play American football and go to an American-style high school prom. But they also have British accents, speak in British English, and are social and scripted in very British ways. All these things coexist at once – the British and the American forms keep passing in the hallway, conspicuously ignoring one another when they do. Continue reading…
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