The Idol premiere: HBO's hollow spectacle of sex and pop music

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The Idol premiere: HBO's hollow spectacle of sex and pop music
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Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd star in Euphoria creator Sam Levinson's (so far) skin-deep series.

The line is spoken near the start of the episode while Joss, in just a robe she keeps opening up to showcase her breasts, is posing for what will become her album cover. And indeed, it’s an image of Joss that opens the series. A close-up, in fact, w

Is the image saying that here is a pop star taking ownership of her body, her desires, her wants? Is that why she wants to do away with the intimacy coordinator, who really is just getting in the way of her showing us herOr is the image saying that here is a manicured, manufactured dream scenario where a young woman’s bodily autonomy is necessarily co-opted by those around her with more power who have in turn made her feel like she has agency—Or is the image saying, alongside lines like “mental...

wants to have its cake and eat it, too. By the time Joss rehearses the dance for her single “World Class Singer” and we’re assaulted with sl0-mo close ups of Depp slapping her ass while lyrics like “I’m just a freak yea, so show me why you came?” score the scene, it’s clear the show is endlessly going to do that thing where it over-determines every scene and choice.“I love how referential it is.

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