The Weeknd’s powers of seduction are the least convincing thing about HBO’s new show, “The Idol.”
Minutes into the first episode of “The Idol,” on HBO, the series offers a rejoinder to the controversy surrounding its supposed degradation of its young female protagonist. Lily-Rose Depp, who plays a fallen pop star, Jocelyn, is cycling through emotions on cue for an album-cover shoot—her first since suffering a psychotic break the year prior.
Her assertions echo Depp’s own after the series premièred at the Cannes Film Festival, where the actress made a case for Jocelyn’s near-constant nudity. “The occasional bareness of the character physically mirrors the bareness that we get to see emotionally,” Depp explained. “I’ve never felt more involved in those kinds of conversations.”on the chaotic production process, which apparently involved a shift away from “the female perspective” at the behest of its co-creator, Abel Tesfaye, a.k.
At the end of the pilot, Tedros “helps” Jocelyn find her voice in similarly sadomasochistic fashion, covering her face with her silk robe, lightly tightening the belt around her neck, and using a pocketknife to cut out a mouth hole before incorporating their breath-play into a more risqué version of her new single. The remix is as cringey as the sex scene that engendered it.
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