So I watched Cengiz’s livestream today and it was precious!
He was hanging out with Mutta and Simo and his girlfriend and family and they did a bunch of cute things (and some not cute things like when Mutta was supposed to be driving but Cengiz was the one holding the wheel and steering it with one hand while Mutta was texting... yike boys why?) and then they drove to go pick up Yousef. Adam wasn’t there though because he was stuck in Olso, which was like 40 minutes away from where they were, but his song came on when they were in the car and Cengiz was all like Adam’s with us through the song. It was adorable they’re all like a little family, I love it!
I’m so glad they’re all really close in real life, like their friendship is great and I love it. It always makes me really happy when cast members hang out with each other and are really good friends outside of the show so to see that with these guys it made me extra happy because I love them all!
Now that SKAM is over I want to especially praise it for the nicely handled Muslim representation. Although I am not Muslim, some of my friends are, as you would expect it to be in Russia, where we have big Muslim population. I recommended the show to them and they watched it (although mostly sticking to season 4) and truly enjoyed it. It is not that often that they get to see muslim dating and romance that is respectful to there religion and beliefs, as well as some other common teen Muslim struggles. It is also super cool that such wonderful teen Muslim representation is in a show from a “white, faithless country”.
And just like that Skam has come to an end. For those who have been there since the beginning, it has been two years of watching a group of Norwegian teenagers live and love. For those of us who came to the series more recently, it has been a nonstop whirlwind of emotions that at times were overwhelming. Truth be told, they still are. There are a dozen or more television shows centered around…