It’s undeniably pulpy and seamy – but is the show a ‘toxic man’s fantasy’, as critics have said? Or is it a candid look at sex today? As 2023’s most controversial series hits our screens, we meets its stars
It’s undeniably seedy – but is the show a ‘toxic man’s fantasy’, as critics have said? Or is it a candid look at sex today? As 2023’s most controversial series hits our screens, we meets its starsonths before it had even come out, The Idol was the year’s most controversial TV show.
The critics have one thing right: The Idol is certainly seamy. There’s a voyeurism to the way Levinson shoots– including multiple masturbation scenes in which Depp’s character chokes herself – that creates an ominous, discomfiting feeling. Sometimes, the sex scenes are plainly embarrassing to watch. , and whether you consider the show’s depiction of Jocelyn and Tedros’s toxic relationship dynamic an endorsement.Hari Nef, a past Levinson collaborator who plays a Vanity Fair reporter in the show, says that while she found the first two episodes “a little shocking” after Cannes, she was more able to “think about what Sam is doing and saying by including this”.
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