ADOLESCENCE CREATOR JACK THORNE on Golden Globes, Being an Outsider & the Dark Side of Social Media
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What insights does Jack Thorne share about his Golden Globes experience?
Coming up on Great Company... Just firstly with adolescence, congratulations.
Dad, I haven't done anything! It's been entirely discombobulating. This is extraordinary. Thank you for this. We will treasure it. Got 141 million views. Took us all by surprise. It was the shock of our lives.
You've created a show that's changed how people think about society and our children growing up in it.
The thing about algorithms is as soon as you're watching the darker stuff, more darker stuff gets fed and soon that's all you're consuming. That's where I thought Jamie would go.
What do you think we should be doing as a society to help kids like Jamie? Hi, I'm Jack Thorne and I'm in great company. Jack Thorne. Jack Thorne. The co-creator. The writer.
How does Jack Thorne perceive the impact of social media on adolescence?
Of Adolescence. How do you change Harry Potter? How do you write Lord of the Flies?
How do you make these adaptations? I've often written about best friends because I think I've always wanted one. I remember having this thought when I was 10 that I might never have any friends. And everyone was in relationships with each other and I was sort of outside it. I am autistic. I definitely think that does play a role. I don't think I really had a best friend until the age of 32. And then I married her. You mentioned that you got ill. What happened? So when I was in my final year of university, I had a sort of complete physical breakdown. I became allergic to sunlight, radiators, and finally I became allergic to body movement.
What inspired Jack Thorne's love for cinema?
For about 15 years, I was quite seriously disabled by it. Yeah, I did think at one point this was it on my back for the rest of my life.
Wow. Hello, everyone. My name is Jamie Lang, and this is Great Company. Hey guys, welcome back to Great Company. Today's episode I'm really excited about because we have Jack Thorne on the show. Now, some of you may know who Jack Thorne is and others you may not know about Jack Thorne, but you'll definitely know about his work. Jack Thorne is the creator of the amazing hit TV show Adolescence, which just won a Golden Globe, which is incredible. Adolescence absolutely boomed on Netflix and went viral for all of the right reasons. It was a TV show about the dark side of social media and how it corrupts and warps and takes over young kids' minds at the moment. Jack came on and we spoke a lot about social media.
We spoke a lot about how smartphones are damaging the younger generation and why young kids shouldn't have smartphones. We spoke about Harry Potter. He actually wrote and created Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is the massive West End production. He's an amazing guy. Been through a lot as well. He had a disease which meant that his body was allergic to heat. All of that is in the show, so get ready for it. Now, before we start, I just want to ask you one thing. Okay, one quick favor. If you can please subscribe to our show, if you enjoy it, that is. It keeps us making the show that you love, keeps getting the guests that we like to get, and keep making the show better and better each week. If you can do that one thing, I'll thank you so much.
Okay, here we go. Enjoy this episode of Great Company with the amazing Jack Thorne.
Hi, I'm Jack Thorne, and I'm in Great Company.
Just firstly with adolescence, congratulations.
How does Jack Thorne's autism diagnosis shape his understanding of himself?
Thank you very much.
I mean, one could argue it is perfect in lots of ways.
Certainly not, but thank you.
And the awards it's won and the acting from the writing, it's just brilliant in every way. And you must be over the moon.
No, it's been really thrilling and entirely discombobulating. I did the Globe speech when we won Best Limited and looked up halfway through my speech and literally stopped talking because I made perfect eye contact with Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean, like perfect eye contact.
What challenges did Jack face during his illness?
And he was looking like directly at me and I was looking directly at him. And it was just like, I have absolutely nothing to say to you. And if I've got nothing to say to you, what do I have to say to the room? How do I bring this back? This is awful. That side of it that, you know, I remember at the party afterwards, an executive saying to me, should I introduce George Clooney?
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What insights does Jack Thorne share about his Golden Globes experience?
0:00–0:45
2
How does Jack Thorne perceive the impact of social media on adolescence?
0:45–1:22
3
What inspired Jack Thorne's love for cinema?
1:22–3:15
4
How does Jack Thorne's autism diagnosis shape his understanding of himself?
3:15–3:47
5
What challenges did Jack face during his illness?
3:47–6:00
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How does Jack Thorne define the role of friendship in his life?
6:00–10:07
7
What themes does Jack explore in his adaptation of Lord of the Flies?
10:07–23:18
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What societal changes does Jack Thorne advocate for to support youth?
23:18–1:00:45
Speakers
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