Netflix's Sex Education could never be made in America

The Ringer

"A portrait of the sex lives of teenagers that’s both graphically detailed and earnestly empathetic?" says Alison Herman of the British comedy. "We’re far too puritanical, too shame-bound, too easily titillated for such a delicate balancing act to stand a chance. Thank goodness, then, that one side effect of the global reach of certain streaming services is to render the distinction between U.S. and international TV moot. Netflix’s latest drama is set in the United Kingdom, but its winning combination of emotion and candor is available to all. The vast majority of American teen television treats adolescent sexuality as a matter of either/or: Either teens are having sex or they’re not, and if there’s anything to explore beyond that binary, you’d never know it from what you saw on your screen. Sex Education, refreshingly, is interested in far more than just the 'what' of its central subject." ALSO: Sex Education fans are mistaking Aimee Lou Wood for Skins and Game of Thrones vet Hannah Murray.