Guadagnino's "We Are Who We Are" is a better coming-of-age drama than Euphoria

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Among the many disappointments in the final season of HBO’s Euphoria was that the show, which had previously prided itself on having a realistic depiction of high school, transformed into a crime drama with no aspects of believability . It was disappointing to see the series devolve in such a regressive way, but HBO has already delivered a more insightful and moving coming-of-age drama series with We Are Who We Are , created by the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino . Set on an American military base in Italy during 2016, We Are Who We Are is an earnest exploration of how confusing it can be to grow up, particularly during a climactic political moment. Unlike Euphoria ’s artificial inclusion of melodrama and nastiness, We Are Who We Are offers something truthful while still being ambiguous about what young people are capable of.