the stars, the moon

robbe:

I can’t believe Wtfock took Skam, an often hyper realistic simple show about feelings and the raw and honest emotions of people and the mess/love it causes, and tried something a little fun and different to help people through a global pandemic... and made it so painfully realistic it’s often overwhelming to watch.

The Skype/video chat format is not only a genius idea but it heightens that intense emotional simplicity and focus on the characters and their different relationships and dynamics and friendships. It’s personal and stripped back and is only ever going to be able to focus on the mundane or the genuine emotion with a little drama thrown in through circumstance. You’re getting to see these characters just sitting talking, laughing, rambling about nonsense, navigating their problems, trying to have heartfelt discussions at a distance, sharing insecurities, falling asleep together. It’s Skam dialled up to 1000 and as a self confessed obsessive when it comes to intense character driven stuff, this is EVERYTHING.

I just can’t believe they took the format and ran with it and somehow managed to make it feel so real and our watching it feel genuinely intrusive... with the actors in their own houses/beds/rooms/clothes and filming from afar. It’s development with these characters we’d have NEVER gotten otherwise and that’s precious.