I can't stop watching

n-rieck

I have only viewed 4 episodes but I can't stop watching. It might be because non-professional actors make this program appear to be so much like real life. Every one of the characters represents someone in my own teenage years. Back then there were a few jocks, a few space-cadets, and a few girls with questionable morals, with all the rest of us just being carried along in the wake of their actions. We all thought we were so damned smart, and that adults were so so weird, or stupid, or socially inept. (in reality we weren't so smart and the adults weren't so stupid) "Skins" appears to be written from the perspective of these teens. Most appear to be working through their problems while the adults behave badly and are not working through theirs.

And where did the program name come from? In the first episode the name "Skins" is mentioned in a reference to rolling paper.

score 8/10

n-rieck 16 February 2011

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2386656/