Thesis For 13 Reasons Why

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The tv series, “13 Reasons Why” based on the best selling books of Jay Asher, received a lot of attention when it came out. Many people were watching it from all over the world, and some even admitted they finished the whole season in a day. As soon as it came out, it became the most talked popular TV Show. “13 Reasons Why” came out on Netflix March 31, 2017. It only has one season, with 13 episodes. The show is about a teenage boy named Clay Jenson, who when he comes home, finds a box lying on his porch. He soon discovers that the mysterious box contains cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker (his crush) who tragically committed suicide. The tapes are recordings of Hannah’s auto diary explaining the thirteen reasons why she decided to end …show more content…

It was said that he did not read the book 13 Reasons Why before being cast to star in the series because he did not want to be influenced by the character in the book. Although he did not read it he, as well as Katherine, did a great job of bringing his character to life. He did a good job showing his character’s pain throughout the series with the audience since he is the main character he is the main focus. He brings the dialogue to life, and it makes it seem very real. It puts you in the scene as well making you feel what he’s going through. Many other actors fail to do so, but Minnette did a great job although he’s only a young …show more content…

The TV series is rated “TV-MA” meaning it’s unsuitable for children under 17. Some people admitted that watching the show was hard to do because of how strong the content was. Experts say that the show can be suicide contagious. Some schools sent out letters to warn parents not to let their children watch this particular show. "The content is complicated, it’s dark, and it has moments that are honestly really hard to swallow," Selena Gomez, the executive producer of the film mentioned in an interview with Elvis Duran on Z100. The actors had a difficult time filming because of the hard content in some of the scenes. Furthermore, the directors decided to bring in therapy dogs on set to help the actors get through the difficult scenes. “They really tried to help out. The puppies helped.” Dylan Minnette mentioned in an interview with PopSugar. This show might not be appropriate even if you’re over 17 so if you are sensitive to these kinds of stuff. It is not

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