Can “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson’s newest HBO drama survive the backlash? “It’s comically bad. Ejaculatory and vapid.”
, “Lily Rose Depp is hot… I am surprised she is doing nudity.”over the “Earned It” singer’s role, penning, “Wow, well The Weeknd is actually a pretty damn good actor. He’s killing it in ‘The Idol’.”“The Idol” revolves around Jocelyn, a rising pop star who begins a controversial relationship with cult leader and self-help guru Tedros, portrayed by Tesfaye.
Critics had already begun bashing the show prior to its release, over its NSFW depiction of sex and the entertainment industry.that the second episode is “straight-up pornographic” with a shot showing the Grammy winner “talking dirty to Lily while she fingers herself for him.” that Depp’s character is naked in every episode of the season. “The show heavily exploits Lily … I hope she’s okay with it all because it comes off very exploitative.
Despite the backlash, Tesfaye, Depp and Levinson have defended their series, pleading with viewers to see it with open minds. “We always knew that we were going to make something that was going to be provocative and perhaps not for everyone. That was a draw for all of us,” Depp noted at the Cannes Film Festival last month, in an interview with the
. “I don’t think any of us were interested in making anything that was going to be, you know, fun for the whole family.”
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