Sex Education: The new ‘Skins’?
Netflix has produced yet another series, but this time, I’m not here to moan about it. I actually really liked this season, and I hope there will be a season two.
Sex education pretty much explains the plot of the series in the title. The series does revolve around sex education but not like how it is taught in schools. In fact, the series pretty much shows how the education system fails to cover a lot of things about sex (such as sex for gay people and problems with sex). In the end, Otis, the main character of the show, and his friend Maeve set up a business where they help the other students at the school by making Otis a sex therapist.
The series perfectly captures the curiosity and humour around sex growing up, bringing this coming-of-age series to become a favourite amongst viewers. It’s been talked about all over twitter, and I have had and heard many conversations about it with friends and people on the bus too. It really is catching - maybe like the old show ‘skins’, to which it has been compared to.
But why is this series so popular?
Whilst the series tries to be close to real teenage life (which is does quite well, much better than that stupid film ‘Sierra Burgess is a loser’ which I wrote about before), it is still hard to relate to because of the stylistic decisions of the series. The school and plot is set in England, filmed in Wales, the school looks American and the clothes and house designs look like they have come out of the 80s. This is confusing to the modern viewer, but I quite like it. I feel like they may have done this to make sure that no matter your age or where you live, you can relate to some part of the series. And that’s without even mentioning the diverse cast of different colours and sexual orientations.
Overall, Sex Education was a awesome series. It left you wanting to watch more, was funny but also sad at times, and tackled important and serious issues such as abortion with grace.