There’s no bigger sign that television is in a very different state than it was only a few weeks ago than HBO airing the series finales of Succession and Barry, and then following it up with The Idol the next week.
After two of the most highly acclaimed shows of their generation reached their conclusions, HBO seemingly thought that no one would notice if they followed it up with a gross, sexually repugnant series from pop star The Weeknd and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson that indulged in every aspect of hypersexualization that it seemed to be criticizing.
What’s even more damning is that The Idol’s supposed “criticism” of the subjugation of young women was done much better in past TV shows and films, at the top of the list being the 2019 film Teen Spirit, which managed to show a more realistic version of the realities of pop…
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