The first season did include warnings about the show's content, but now there's a brand-new video that features cast members talking to the audience as themselves, not their fictional characters, that will play before the start of the show. The show has made some significant changes in the way it's preparing to launch Season 2, which premieres on Netflix on May 18, in an effort to make sure 13 Reasons Why doesn't endanger young lives. “People have a lot of opinions about her interactions with these characters that we know but we didn’t know about yet and how that plays into the overarching issue at hand here about what she did.'

“Hannah’s story is still such an existing factor this year,” he said. … This stuff is ingrained in us as a society and it trickles down.”ĭylan Minnette, who plays Clay, told BuzzFeed News that Hannah’s suicide continues to loom large over the other characters this season. Talking about the way suicide is portrayed in the upcoming season, Langford said, “ addresses how people react to these kinds of events, and then on a much larger level, I think it points out certain characteristics of overall human behavior and how we act as a society. So what was that experience for all these other kids?” She’s gotten to the end once she’s made those tapes, and we’re also filtering them through Clay Jensen’s experience of listening to the girl he had on a pedestal and was in love with. Producer Joy Gorman echoed Yorkey, saying, “I always felt like we were listening to Hannah tell her story from her most despondent moment.

“All the people that Hannah left behind were just beginning the process of healing, knowing what to do next with their lives, and knowing how to move forward,” he said. Sensitive to this criticism, showrunner Brian Yorkey told BuzzFeed News his team has worked hard to tell “the most honest, compelling, meaningful story we can as truthfully as we can.” This means also providing a realistic exploration of how other characters grappled with the traumatic aftermath of Hannah’s suicide. But it also generated a litany of critical press coverage from people concerned that the series glamorized suicide and recklessly portrayed mental illness. “The beauty of being able to come back for Season 2 is being able to show that things don’t end when someone’s life does,” said Katherine Langford, who plays teen suicide victim Hannah Baker.ġ3 Reasons Why became an international phenomenon when it premiered on the streaming platform last year, showing up in memes and promposals, and also becoming the most tweeted about show of 2018. VALLEJO, California - While some critics contended 13 Reasons Why didn’t need a second season, the creator and stars of the popular Netflix show told BuzzFeed News they wanted more episodes to better explore how suicide affects an entire community, not just the person who kills themselves.

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