I watched the Netflix production of "thirteen reasons why" as a spectator would an autopsy of a suicide, where every aspect is dissected and each subjective point of view is presented starting with the suicide victim herself.

Cyber bullying and slut shaming get the ball rolling and we end up with some other serious reasons by the end.

Secrets are protected in order for the truth to remain under a bushel and the perpetrators can remain anonymous and immune to the consequences of their actions. The pressures of scholarships and college admissions seem to justify all. We are soon left with the impression that modern high/secondary school life is a cesspool of popularity contests and psychopathic mind games, played out through social media in real time. The old fashioned physical bullying continues in evidence but kept usually in the noble testosterone domain.

Everyone has the finger pointed at them from school management, parents and fellow class mates. It seems that the American High School system contributes by putting athletes/players (American Football, baseball players and basket ball) on a pedestal and thus giving them godlike power over other mere mortals who share the same academic corridors.

Everyone may have different opinions on the manner in which it was done but there can be no doubting that this is a program that needed to be made. Young people, parents, teachers and school management need to watch this, the debate needs to be opened and the message needs to get out. Teenage problems need to be voiced in a safe environment and suicide is not the solution to any of these problems.

The soundtrack is peppered with classic 80 's music and other nuggets to investigate.