’13 Reasons Why’ successful at empowering youth: Christian Navarro
Despite all its controversies “13 Reasons Why” has managed to resonate with the audience and actor Christian Navarro believes empowering young people has been one of the major achievements of the Netflix Original series.”13 Reasons Why” was recently renewed for its fourth and final season and the actor said the show’s legacy will have a “lasting” effect on the viewers.”What we’ve tried to do for the last four years and what I believe we are successful at doing is empowering young people, people of all ages to ask questions, communicate and to take care of one another,” Navarro told DIN in a telephonic interview from the US.
The debut season of the show was in the eye of the storm for its graphic portrayal of bullying, rape and suicide, with several mental health organisations criticising the teenage drama.The first season centred around Katherine Langford’s Hannah, a 17-year-old high school student who commits suicide and leaves behind 13 cassette tapes for 13 different people she felt were instrumental in her decision to take her own life.Season one bore effects on the sophomore chapter with Bryce Walker’s trial and a mass shooting averted at the last minute.Season three will see Bryce being found dead making everyone at Liberty High School a potential suspect.
Ahead of its third season, the streamer recently edited the controversial suicide scene, which now shows Hannah looking at herself in the mirror before cutting herself to see her parents’ reaction to her suicide. Navarro plays the dependable Tony Padilla who is secretly batting his demons in the show.
