valeriepricillia Relatable and different than other high school tv series!

fuhtogruhfer The show is geared towards teenagers but I feel would be appreciated by adults of any age. Thought provoking and emotional, each season takes you on a journey through one characters point of view, each season being a different character. It's not a typical teenage angst approach but a more intelligent, in depth, gripping drama on the realities of the world we live in today and how the characters navigate through them. Some topics covered are relationships, racism, sexual assault, bullying, homosexuality, mental illness, learning to become true to oneself and the courage it takes in getting there. The cinematography pulls you in each moment along with the music...the music is excellent. It has superb writing, characters and incredibly impressive actors for being so young. I can't recommend this show enough. I heard there's an American version in the works. If that's true, not quite sure I want to watch it. It's going to be incredibly tough to even come close to the original.

acetaldehid I found Skam when I was looking for something new to my exam-free period for binge-watching. Like normal students do. I didn't give it much hope after I read the introduction, but I thought, oh well, just give it a try.I ended up finishing all 3 seasons in 3 days.There is a lot of great things about this show, but the best is, that it is realistic. These things happen every day in schools around the world. They portray teenagers as they are: confused, angry, dishonest/honest, rebelling, in love, etc. There are two themes that made this show my favorite:SPOILER!!1. Vilde's and Noora's eating disorder. They portrayed eating disorders in a way that no TV-Show did in the past as I can remember. They never ever used the terms "anorexia" "bulimia" or "eating disorder". Not once. They focused on habits people do who have a battle with diseases like these. And on the support the two girls silently gave each other. If you take a look at other TV-Shows, they portray anorexic/bulimic girls as something fashionable, skipping through pages of magazines, starving themselves and throwing up to be skinny. But they don't focus on the reasons behind that and don't give a realistic picture. This show does.2. Isak's coming out: coming out is not simple and they pictured it realistically. He needed a long time to come out and they showed the side-effects that kind of fear and stress produces. They also captured the friendship between the guys brilliantly. As any normal 16-17 year olds, they had no idea how to handle their friend being gay, but they gave their best to support and understand him and that is what true friendships are about.Honestly I hope that the writers get every prize and credit, because the dialogues in Skam are more than brilliant. They are clever, on point but still teenage-like. So I would recommend it really to everyone. I'm not a teenager anymore, but I felt for every single character in this show and it reminded me of my school-time, which was a living hell. And if you have teenage kids, let them watch this. It will help them recognize things in the way they understand it. (and I am really sad, that they'll make an US Version.. I'm sure it won't be as half as good as the original one... )

LIVET ER NÅ "No matter if you believe in Jesus, Allah, or evolution… or parallel universes. The only thing we know for sure is that… that life is NOW." (Isak Valtersen)Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. (Paper on Noora's wall)People experience horrible things every day and they still manage to be nice to others. Being an asshole is not something you're born with, or something you become. It's a choice. (Noora Sætre)"I have to find out what my own opinion is. And I have to do it on my own." (Eva Kviig Mohn)