This week’s chapter of “The Idol” begins with one of the best eyerolls in recent memory.
). The secret rivalry between Dyanne and Jocelyn is currently one of the most enthralling aspects of this show, and it’s a shame we only briefly get to see that storyline. Bring back Nikki and Dyanne!
Meanwhile, Tedros does his best to mingle with who’s left of Jocelyn’s team. While Leia is unimpressed by her boss’ new romantic interest, Jocelyn’s creative manager Xander teams up with Tedros to plan out her next album. Xander wants to get dirtier. Pop music hasn’t had a “truly fucking nasty, bad, bad girl” in a long time. Perhaps, he suggests, to really cement her bad girl image, Jocelyn’s next album cover should be that viral photo with semen smeared on her face.
Jocelyn isn’t convinced. In the best scene of the season thus far, Tedros and his cult of followers try to convince the pop-star to embrace her “jizz rag Jocelyn” identity. She’s not convinced. Tedros won’t let it go. “It’s actually humiliating and makes me feel really bad about myself. I want to be taken seriously,” Jocelyn insists, but Tedros isn’t listening. It’s intense. Then, Jocelyn puts her foot down: “Why are you talking to me like I’m new to the music industry? I’m not. You are.” Shots fired.
This stand-off between Jocelyn and Tedros, with people watching and bearing witness, is what I was hoping would come from. It’s just a shame that the scene is bookended with more of the same old “Tedros is a controlling egomaniac” we’ve been spoonfed for the entire season so far.Tedros asks Jocelyn to embrace her innermost traumas—namely, being physically abused by her mother by a hairbrush—so that she can “turn it into inspiration.” How cliché.
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