Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be for...
Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be for...
The series is a coming-of-age romance drama primarily focused on personal relationships, emotional development, and universal experiences of adolescence, with no discernible political agenda or ideological messaging.
The series demonstrates significant DEI through its intentional casting choices, explicitly race-swapping several traditionally white roles from the source material with minority actors and introducing a non-binary character. While diversity is prominent in the cast, the central narrative remains focused on romantic and coming-of-age themes, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.
The show features LGBTQ+ characters whose identities are presented with dignity and acceptance. Jeremiah's bisexuality is naturally integrated into his character arc, and Skye's non-binary identity is accepted by their family without conflict, contributing to an overall affirming portrayal.
The show adapts characters from the book series where Belly, Steven, and Laurel were depicted as white. In the adaptation, these key characters are portrayed by Asian-American actors, constituting race swaps.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The show is an adaptation of a novel series. All significant characters in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" maintain the same gender as established in Jenny Han's original books. No canonical characters have undergone a gender change in the on-screen adaptation.
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