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Why are some critics vexed by Top Boy’s Baftas?
https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/top-boy-drama-bafta-britain
Because it’s the Britain they don’t want to talk about
(Some say its the British version of the wire TV show I'm not one of them - its well worth watch though - its one Netflix start with Top Boy; summerhouse which was made by ch4 before Netflix took over the newer series's called Top Boy both top boy: summerhouse & Top Boy are on Netflix)
"It’s not just that Top Boy is gripping TV, dynamically soundtracked by Black British music, and providing crucial representation for young people from Black and diverse ethnic backgrounds. It’s also grippingly true to life – so true, in fact, that in my work as a youth violence intervention practitioner, I’ve used excerpts from the show in my sessions in schools and prisons to prompt discussion'