'13 Reasons Why' creator defends the controversial scene in the season 2 finale that has some people calling for the series to be removed from Netflix
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- "13 Reasons Why" has been a subject of controversy since its season one debut, but a graphic sexual assault scene at the end of the second season has people calling for the series to be removed.
- While the second season begins with a full PSA that the show is not necessarily right for everyone, the warning might not have been enough to prepare viewers for the events that occurred in the finale.
- The show creator Brian Yorkey defended the controversial scene, telling Vulture that "talking about it is so much better than silence."
Major spoilers for "13 Reasons Why" season two ahead.
"13 Reasons Why" is no stranger to inciting moral outrage over its sensitive content. In its first season, the graphic depiction of Hannah Baker's suicide sparked a wave of backlash. The second season now begins with a full PSA that the show might not be appropriate for certain viewers at risk of being triggered by its "tough, real-world issues." The darkest issue in season two is sexual assault — after Hannah's parents sue her high school for negligence, their case focuses on the student who assaulted her — and it reaches perhaps its darkest moment in the final episode, during a rarely seen depiction of a man sexually assaulting another man.
In the season finale, "Bye," school photographer Tyler Down is brutally raped when three student-athletes attack him in a bathroom, shove his head in a toilet, then sodomize him with a broken mop handle. Tyler is left bleeding from the rear, bruised, and so badly traumatized that he later shows up at his school with the intention of carrying out a mass shooting. The scene has reignited controversy over the show, with some viewers saying they were "disgusted" by the scene and calling for the show to be canceled. The Parents Television Council has also issued an "urgent warning" over the scene.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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