The six-part Israeli drama The Lesson traces an explosive classroom argument between a leftist or “woke” high school civics teacher, Amir (Doron Ben David of Fauda), and his “conservative,” arguably racist, 18-year-old student Lianne (Maya Landsman). Among the issues addressed here: ethnic identity politics vs. free speech — and its limitations; the power of social […]
The six-part Israeli drama The Lesson traces an explosive classroom argument between a leftist or “woke” high school civics teacher, Amir (Doron Ben David of Fauda), and his “conservative,” arguably racist, 18-year-old student Lianne (Maya Landsman).
Among the issues addressed here: ethnic identity politics vs. free speech — and its limitations; the power of social media; the allure of celebrity, and the cult of personality, informing subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, the relationship between students and teachers, teachers and administrators, parents and children, husbands and wives.
