Chapter 1. Suicide on TV: 13 Reasons Why
Suicide on TV: 13 Reasons Why
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13 Reasons Why is a 2017 Netflix series about Hannah Baker, a teenager who records a series of audio tapes explaining why she has decided to take her life. Watch a clip from the first episode introducing Clay Jensen—a fellow student who had a crush on Hannah—as he receives the tapes for the first time, two weeks after her suicide. Then answer the discussion questions that follow. “Submit” your response to each question.
Discussion Questions
1. Do you think it is possible to depict suicide on television without also simplifying or romanticizing it? Why or why not?
Your response has been provisionally accepted and will be graded by your instructor.
2. Based on what you’ve seen in this clip, what do you think it is that makes this show both compelling and potentially disturbing to viewers?
Your response has been provisionally accepted and will be graded by your instructor.