Hey 13RW Fans, Guess What?!
13 Reasons Why is not supposed to be a feel good, watch with your family and kids, romantic and sweet, show. It may surprise you guys to know this, but when writing 13RW, the writers were NOT looking to make a kid-friendly show.
This show’s goal is to RAISE AWARENESS. The goal is not to write a romantic plot, make people happy, or even to leave them comfortable- if you want a feel good movie, I suggest going to Disney.
This show is aimed to make you uncomfortable with the lies and masks that society puts up on a daily basis. They want you to be upset about the secrets that society- and people- try to hide and cheat their way out of. They want you to know that suicide and rape are very real issues.
In this day and age, people are so often bombarded by statistics and campaigns that are shoved in their face, that they learn to ignore and even forget these things. Take an anti-drugs campaign for example: If someone said, “Don’t do drugs. They can seriously mess you up or even kill you”, chances are, no one will give much thought to it. But if a campaign showed pictures or images from the life of a drug addict- the bouts of rage, losing friends, uncontrollable actions, over-spending, deteriorated health, harming themselves and those around them… If you told the story of a kid who grew up with an alcoholic parent, or a someone killed by a drunk driver: you will have a significantly higher impact.
In a similar way, this show is aimed to not just show you the story, but show you the people. It aims to gives the victims a face and a voice. That ‘kid killed in an accident’ is no longer a headline, but Jeff Atkins: a baseball player who loved the people around him and tried his best in everything he did, who will never get a chance to go to college or play in the pros. ‘That girl who committed suicide’ is no longer a dead corpse, but Hannah Baker: a poet who felt so alone, and wanted to love and be loved; who never got the chance to learn that Clay Jensen loved her. ‘That girl who got raped’ is no longer another face in the crowd, but Jessica Davis: a cheerleader with loving parents, who is adored by everyone who meets her; who tried to get away from him but wasn’t strong enough, and who will never get the chance to erase what happened, or to forget what she endured.
13 Reasons Why explicitly states that if you may be triggered by depression, suicide, rape, etc. then this show is not for you. They say that this show will trigger you, is not intended for younger viewers, and is very intense. It is rated TV-MA, for mature audiences. They warn you, and ask you not to watch if you will be triggered.
This show is not for your enjoyment. This show is meant to make you uncomfortable and to know the faces and stories of these characters and people. Please do not continue to watch the show if you will be triggered by any of the aforementioned. But if you know that you get triggered by these things and still watch, please seek immediate help, but also please be careful to not to be hateful towards the show, as it is the responsibility of the viewer to identify their triggers and stop watching immediately.
Also make sure to know that these characters, and while there are real people out there in their situations, are played by actors, and their characters are not representative of their own personality or experiences.
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