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You Should Watch ‘Stateless’ if You Feel Like an Outsider
The Netflix series will help you realize you’re not alone in your struggles.
A little while ago I wrote about my experiences of feeling like an outsider. It was a relatively easy article to write because, sadly, I’m fairly well acquainted with the nuances of feeling like you live on the fringes of society. However, it was one of those articles that was hard to hit the publish button on, mostly because I was skeptical about how relatable it would be to other people. I was under the impression that most people felt reasonably well connected to society — they had a thriving circle of friends, pass-times they enjoyed with others, and a career that they found worthwhile.
In the past few days I’ve been working my way through the Netflix series, inspired by true events, ‘Stateless’, and I’ve had to revise my opinion on how rare an occurrence it is to feel like you don’t belong.
On the surface, Stateless is a gripping drama that showcases that plight of those who find themselves in an Australian immigration center, but on a deeper level, the viewer is shown, through a complex web of interwoven stories, a wide variety of ways in which a person can feel like they’re an outsider.
