‘The Idol’: Every Pop Culture Reference, Explained

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‘The Idol’: Every Pop Culture Reference, Explained
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Love it or hate it, everyone’s going to be talking about TheIdol for the next six weeks.

During a photo shoot for her album cover, Jocelyn sports a hospital bracelet to allude to her recent stint in a medical center. The bracelet immediately conjures memories of the one Selena Gomezfor her “Bad Liar” single cover, referencing her own hospitalization for Lupus treatment.

Later, when Jocelyn and her crew go out to a club, they all dance to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.” Naturally, MadonnaAt the club, Jocelyn meets Tedros, the enigmatic guru who is about to turn her life and career upside down. When she invites him over to her house, the two of them cozy up, and she mentions that she thinks pop music is superficial.

” as an example of what Jocelyn should be doing in the vocal booth. “When she sings, there’s no doubt that she knows how to fuck,” Tedros says.Jocelyn and her best friend/assistant, Leia, have a quiet evening at home, watchingis a modern spin on the erotic thriller genre. Levinson’s direction shares a lot of the same trademarks as’s director, Paul Verhoeven.

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