With 'A Teacher,' TV confronts a taboo head on. But some are asking, 'How dare you?'
Two beautiful young people snuggle under bedsheets, kiss by a fire pit and take in the sunset on a Texas ranch, all to the electronic thrum of an LCD Soundsystem jam. It's a montage befitting a beguiling romance, gauzy with the glow of a new courtship.
But the sentiment oozing from the trailer for "A Teacher" is meant to end the instant viewers start watching the FX on Hulu series, which depicts the ruinous affair between a 30-something high school teacher (Kate Mara) and her teenage student (Nick Robinson). Even before the first scene, a content warning flashes on-screen advising viewer discretion.
"This series contains sexual situations as well as depictions of grooming that may be disturbing."
That wording was developed by RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, which partnered with
