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Skins creator Brian Elsley spoke out for the prototypal instance Monday in response to the controversy surrounding the U.S. adjustment of the hit nation drama. In short, he says the exhibit is "a rattling earnest endeavor to intend to the roots of teen people's lives."

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In a lengthy evidence to MTV News, Elsley titled Skins a "very ultimate and in fact kinda older fashioned" series.

"It deals with relationships, parents, death, illness, noetic upbeat issues, the consequences of take use and sexed activity," he writes. "It is meet that these are defined from the saucer of view of the many teen grouping who write the exhibit and has a rattling direct move to their experiences; it tries to verify the truth. Sometimes that truth crapper be a lowercase agonized to adults and parents.

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After MTV premiered the exhibit on Jan. 17, the Parents Television Council put out a release calling Skins "the most chanceful broadcasting exhibit for children that we hit ever seen." The council then titled for a federal investigation into whether the drama, which features wiener depictions of teen stimulate and take use, violates child smut and utilization laws.

Skins has forfeited fivesome big-ticket advertisers since its premiere, including Taco Bell, GM, Wrigley, H&R Block and, most recently, Subway.

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The full edition of Elsley's open letter to viewers:

"Skins is a rattling ultimate and in fact kinda older fashioned broadcasting series. It's most the lives and loves of teenagers, how they intend through high school, how they care with their friends, and also how they circumnavigate whatever of the complications of sex, relationships, educations, parents, drugs and alcohol. The exhibit is written from the appearance of teenagers, reflects their concern view, and this has caused a degree of controversy both in the UK and the USA.

In the UK, viewers and commentators rattling apace realized that though there are whatever shocking aspects to the show, Skins is actually a rattling earnest endeavor to intend to the roots of teen people's lives. It deals with relationships, parents, death, illness, noetic upbeat issues, the consequences of take use and sexed activity. It is meet that these are defined from the saucer of view of the many teen grouping who write the exhibit and has a rattling direct move to their experiences; it tries to verify the truth. Sometimes that truth crapper be a lowercase agonized to adults and parents.

Consequences do flow from inaccurate or egotistical behavior but in the show, these are shown to be unexpected, hornlike to predict, and more to do with the expiration of friendship than anything else, which in whatever context, is a disastrous outcome.

We travel from the idea, not that teenagers are inherently probable to misbehave, but kinda that they are intensely moral and willing to attain judgments on their possess and others' behaviour. Sometimes, but not always, they intend things wrong. In this teenagers are remarkably kindred to adults. Their motive haw not be the aforementioned as those of their parents and teachers, but they are nevertheless, highly developed and astir in their world.

When viewers hit taken the instance to check the exhibit in a lowercase more depth, they are less concerned most the behavior of the characters. Teenagers crapper be loyal, supportive, dedicated, focused, and capable of making conversant value judgments most their lives. In the pilot program of Skins, it's mayhap cushy to lie the story wherein a teen boy sets off to a party to delude drugs and hit sex, but in fact, does neither of these things, because, he senses that he has been manipulated by friends and does not see ready to hit stimulate with someone he does not know properly.

Skins is a traditionally made broadcasting program which has won countless planetary awards and gained a worldwide conference for stories most the joy, misery and challenges of being a teenager. The exhibit has been used in anti-drug campaigns, has drawn approval for its portrayal of noetic upbeat issues and explorations of bereavement, sexuality, bullying and gender stereotyping.

I hit forfeited calculate of the letters we hit been sent by viewers who verify us that they hit been able to move their parents or teachers with their difficulties after watching the show. It is something that we take a great care of feel in and which crapper alas be eclipsed by whatever of the perverse attention.

Our move is not careless. We've created a adjunct and protective surround for everyone working on the show. And of course abide by the law, and provide attitude to our work colleagues who in this case, are teen brisk and exciting grouping with so much to substance to an imperfect world."

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