Why Anyone Over The Age Of 20 Should Watch Russian Doll

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Considering some of the mature content of the show, there’s no doubt that Russian DollCaters to an adult audience, especially those enduring the difficulties of adulthood. It follows Nadia, a woman in her 30s, that seems to be a magnet for the tricks of time, which force her to confront the trauma and issues she’s been brushing off all her life and remind the audience to do the same in the process.

There are inevitable hardships that all people go through in life and while we experience traumas all throughout our existence, it’s not usually until adulthood that people can piece together how such experiences affected them and how to address that trauma in the present. Russian Doll focuses on a character that is experiencing these kinds of adult ruts and realizing how they stem from her childhood experiences.

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Season one of Netflix's Russian Doll uses a continual time loop resetting on the protagonist’s birthday to explore how a character can be flawed and make mistakes but not have to find an immediate fix. She can’t run from her problems so she must address them, but change takes time. This is something that any adult could relate to on some level.

The world this Netflix show is set in is structured to reflect how people handle their internal conflicts. Particularly for women, it sets the platform for audiences to learn through the protagonist’s experiences in an honest light. Nadia’s character mostly pushes against the societal standard for women which greatly shapes her journey and in some ways, eliminates an additional layer of pressure from her life. On the other hand, in some ways it makes it hard for her to interact with others and becomes yet another obstacle in