Arts&Entertainment The Rampage • Apr./May 2017
Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, Reviewed
Derek Korff-Korn '18
As a thirteen-episode descent into immense emotional confusion, 13 Reasons Why is a new TVshow targeted towards young adults and adapted from Jay Asher’s highly regarded novel. The series begins at a high school as its students grieve for Hannah Baker, a fellow student who committed suicide. The atmosphere of pain is conveyed through locker shrines, “know the signs” speeches, and frowny-faced selfies. Before she ended her life, Hannah recorded a series of tapes blaming her suicide on various people to whom. Each tape depicts another experience that pushed Hannah closer to killing herself. The novel
was written more than a decade ago and since then has become more relevant. It is not like high school was ever a universally loved place, and kids have always been picking on each other, worsening an already vulnerable time, but rates of teenage suicide are on the rise. The book received a lot of backlash, and now, so has its Netflix adaptation for its explicit content. However, aside from being vastly popular first as a book and later as a show, 13 Reasons Why gives high school students, the primary viewers, the ability to understand the humiliations and offenses that they may often ignore.
A Surprise New Season of Rick and Morty, Reviewed
Derek Korff-Korn '18
Seemingly out of nowhere, the much anticipated season three premiere of Rick and Morty landed on April Fools’ Day, reflecting the show’s wackiness. In this episode, labeled “The Rickshank Rickdemption,” the writers Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon did not disappoint. For twenty-three minutes, the audience is taken on a turbulent adventure starring Rick and his grandson Morty. It begins with the Galactic Federation attempting to
convince Rick to reveal the secret to his infamous portal gun, as he was captured in the last episode of Season 2. The episode is a great introduction to what should be an exciting season. If the rest of the season matches the first episode in intrigue, acting, and special effects, then it will definitely be worthwhile to watch.