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Prison News > Starred Up review: 'Shame, depression and fear are all pungently present' Former prison psychotherapist Jonathan Asser's debut screenplay takes an uncompromising look at the violence that underpins life behind bars in this brutal, macho drama

Starred Up review: 'Shame, depression and fear are all pungently present' Former prison psychotherapist Jonathan Asser's debut screenplay takes an uncompromising look at the violence that underpins life behind bars in this brutal, macho drama

The title of this brutal, violent and very macho prison movie from director David Mackenzie means "transferred prematurely from juvenile detention to adult jail". The film's press pack came with a glossary explaining to reviewers some of the other code-words: "kanga" meaning officer; "tech" meaning mobile phone; "kick off back door" meaning anal sex, and "straightener", meaning pre-planned fight. For me, this last word has a certain kind of sad irony and prose-poetry. It is the debut screenplay from Jonathan Asser, a psychotherapist who has experience treating long-term prisoners with anger-management issues. [read the full story here]

Guardian, Friday, March 21, 2014
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