Comments | rhienelleth: YA and violence

rhienelleth

YA and violence

May 06, 2014 11:36

So, a friend of mine told me to check out the show on the the CW called The 100. In some ways it is your typical CW YA show - beautiful young people interacting amidst a dramatic SF backdrop. In other ways, however, it introduces a lot of adult themes and darker material. It does a lot of questioning about morality, both among the younger ( Read more... )

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kistha May 7 2014, 01:18:23 UTC

Good question, and I'm not sure I have an answer. Also have to run to dance class....

kayjayuu May 7 2014, 04:51:16 UTC

You know, once upon a time this would have bothered me. I mean, I wouldn't want my child watching something like that, and I'm not sure I would watch it either.

But I think about those two hundred school girls who were kidnapped in Nigeria and... well. If the CW is the worst of our parental concerns in certain neighborhoods, we've got it pretty smooth. I'll stop short of saying FWP, but the rest of the world is still a very rough place to grow up, including much of our own country.

But yeah, not sure it has to be glorified. We should strive to be better.