Forever review: Netflix series strays from Judy Blume classic, but thats a good thing

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For 50 years, Judy Blume's Forever... has served as a rite of passage for young readers everywhere thanks to its honest, stigma-less approach to mature subject matters like sex and birth control. Now this long-celebrated tale of first love comes to the screen in Netflix's Forever, created by Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends).

For devotees of Blume's novel, this take on Forever might not feel familiar at first. Yes, the bones of its central romance are the same, but Brock Akil transfers Blume's narrative to 2018, examining how phones and the internet can complicate a first relationship. She also reimagines the novel's le...

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