‘A Teacher’
A Teacher features one of the most disturbing depictions of abuse on television, but the FX on Hulu drama is careful not to glorify the situation, even for a second. Based on Hannah Fidell’s 2013 film of the same name, A Teacher stars Kate Mara as Claire Wilson, a young English teacher who has an illicit affair with her student, Eric, played by Nick Robinson. Claire and Eric quickly profess their love for another, but A Teacher makes the true nature of their relationship clear: Claire is grooming Eric and abusing her position of power to take advantage of a child. Given the subject matter, the limited series is a difficult watch, but quite frankly, that’s exactly the point.
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