A lot of people are talking about The Drama. Much of that conversation has focused on how it was marketed, how it landed with audiences, and whether it went too far — or not far enough — in depicting a young person on the brink of violence.
Those are valid questions. But they are not the most important ones.
What if, instead, we asked: What does this story show us about the moments before violence — and what we can do about them?
Thirteen years ago, my six-year-old son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. I don’t watch films like this the same way anymore. My mind doesn’t go first to the plot or the performances. It goes to the before. The warning signs. The missed opportunities. The moments when something could have been different.
Violence — whether directed outward or inward‚ is rarely spontaneous.
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