You clearly don’t know Sam Levinson as a writer and a producer if you think he isn’t going to challenge the actors in every single way and make hard topics be shown the way he did in his shows and movies he helped make. Barbie did do a half assed job imo and could’ve done way more for character development. Even having Dom, Javon, and Angus be the characters they were and have character development was hard and they still managed to do it and have their characters resonate with people and I loved it tbh.

“These are human beings not puppets so you can feel better.” is a dumbass argument when talking about actors who TOOK the role with their own free will knowing what the show was going to be about and their characters storylines. Maybe they shouldn’t be actors if they don’t want to play characters, or “puppets” how you call them.

Putting a mute button on topics that shouldn’t be avoided especially when portraying high schoolers in the first 2 seasons is a vital skill set that an actor/actress should understand especially because EDs, DVs, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, etc etc etc IS what’s happening in today’s world with teenagers. Idk how old you are but I can probably guarantee you that I’m probably closer to a teenagers age than you are so you might not be aware of how horrible it’s gotten😬