Turn Up Charlie

I was on an Edris Elba movie watching binge fuled by netflix's algorithym when this series popped up. Its not usually my genre but I have an 11 year old and we are always looking for appropriate movies/ shows that arent too young but also not too old, especially ones that feature characters who work hard to fulfill their dream, or pick themselves up and carry on against the odds . Usually when there are child actors as main characters the materiel is suited for kids even if the ratings say adult, but there is a fine line. I let my kid watch Stranger things, but not Grease. This program featured lots of drugs and some sex. Its not rated for kids so I was not expecting it to be, but i think if they had just taken out the drugs and sex which didnt really add anything it , it could have reached a wider audience since the writing was on the level of a kids show. All the actors were great and the premise of a famous DJ parent navigating childcare and trying to find balance between work and family could have been really interesting and new. The adults do drugs around the kid constantly, and the kid and her friend are rewarded for entitled behaviors , the 11 year old boy is always looking for a beer and smoking weed and the caregivers are always high and drunk , at one point the little girl tells Idris where to find her moms stash of cocaine and he takes her up on it. Is it for shock value, or comedy i dont know it just seemed like in this world drugs and drinking were glorified and an everyday part of the life of a kid. If this were real life and all these adults were allowing drugs around these kids on a daily basis the DCWS would have been called, at the very least this would probably be considered child abuse, it glosses over the real effects of kids in a drug life like this. If your going to make a drug comedy movie look to the greats like Cheech and Chong, but adding in family values and life lessons for kids between and during all the drugs, as a parent it is uncomfortable to watch, keep the kids away from the drugs. This series seems tone deaf to the national drug epidemic, portraying drug use as a cute joke, and tottaly appropriate around kids , beyond that the plot is all over the place, I finshed it because it was on in the background while i worked , and the acting was good, the litle girl was adorable, but it had the potential to be so much more!

The woman falls in love with Charlie, and her fiance calls her out on it. Her response? To hit her fiance. While some may believe violence against others is an acceptable answer, I do not.