''Euphoria' audiences won’t be too surprised by the shameful way Sam Levinson treats Lily-Rose Depp’s character, as both she and the show appear trapped under the Weeknd’s thumb,' writes AskDebruge. Read Variety's review of TheIdol:
. She plays “rags-to-riches, trailers-to-mansions” Jocelyn, a mono-monikered Britney or Miley type who seems empowered one moment, impressionable the next.
To that end, no one wants to inform Jocelyn of the latest crisis: Someone has leaked a compromising photo of the singer, and no-nonsense label exec Nikki Katz and the Live Nation rep responsible for her upcoming tour are both losing their minds. “How are 14-year-old girls going to buy tickets to the concert when she’s frosted like a Pop Tart?” Chaim asks in one of the smarmy show’s campier lines.
Compare their first encounter to the masterfully crafted meet-cute in Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” and it’s “The Idol” that comes off looking shallow: Levinson gives us virtually no indication of why Jocelyn and Tedros’ characters might click before sending them sneaking off into a stairwell to hook up. Interrupted by the singer’s best friend/assistant Leia , Jocelyn heads home and proceeds to masturbate ferociously, choking herself till she climaxes.
The script seems calculated to fool audiences into thinking they’re observing how Hollywood operates, when so much of it amounts to tawdry clichés lifted from Sidney Sheldon novels and softcore porn. “Showgirls” at least was a thinly veiled “All About Eve” remake, whereas “The Idol” plays like a sordid male fantasy.
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