Netflix's 'Elite' Is a Better, Smarter 'Riverdale'

Between the increasingly depressing news cycle and rapidly decreasing selection of TV shows sans-problematic people, trashy teen dramas are about all I have the stomach to consume. So, when a friend brought to my attention a Riverdale-like show set in a Spanish private school, I simply couldn’t help myself. I binge-watched all of Elite’s eight-episode first season in a day. I’m disgusting, I know, but hear me out.

Elite’s storyline is coherent and interesting Don’t worry, dramz-lovers: Elite is downright bonkers in the best way possible, while still making actual sense. It’s a who-done-it story that bounces between the past and future, separated by eerie interrogation scenes à la How to Get Away with Murder Elite gives *all* of its characters nuance and complexity One of Elite’s most poignant plotlines involves Nadia , a student who ranks in at the top of her class but is forced to remove her hijab at school as it supposedly interferes with her uniform. Through battling racism to confronting her own biases when it comes to her promiscuous peers, we get to see inside Nadia’s inner turmoil as she struggles to stay true to her religion while adhering to bogus rules to get the education she wants.

Elite is incredibly sex-positive It’s hard to compare Elite and Riverdale in terms of teen sex as each handles it *so* differently, but the fact that sex is an afterthought in Riverdale is exactly what gives Elite the upper hand. Teenagers have sex. Teenagers are interested in sex. And Elite is full of realistic, lusty, beautifully intimate scenes that demonstrate the fear and nerves behind first-time sexual encounters, without overindulging in the perceived cluelessness of teens.

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