In the series premiere of “The Idol,” there is immediate debate over areolas, glorifying of “rapey” sex, gratuitous nudity, and ideas about mental health that will make you cringe.
doc than a superstar. Then she’s told to give “innocence.” Then “pure sex.” Then “vulnerable.” A tear rolls down her cheek after she’s asked to be “emotional,” a shallow portrayal of Jocelyn’s precarious mental health state: Is she so good at acting that she can whip out a single teardrop on command? Or is she actually hurting? So deep.mastermind Levinson who is behind this show, after all. But Jocelyn is too busy flashing the photographer to care about her emotions.
herself. Also joining the crew is Blackpink’s Jennie Kim as Jocelyn’s dance stand-in and Hari Nef as Talia, a reporter fromJocelyn is famous for being like Britney, her team argues, a misunderstood pop-star who has such mainstream appeal because she’s so damaged. Nikki and Xander argue about this ethos. Xander, a younger member of the team, says this portrayal is problematic.
Jocelyn isn’t all that inspired by her music either, though, which is evident by her disaffected dancing. Her sour mood does not go unnoticed by Dyanne , who demands the whole crew go out to a club to celebrate the photo shoot and let loose. At the club, Jocelyn meets the owner, Tedros . In between greasy make-out seshes, the pair have an unmeaningful conversation about the state of the music industry. Jocelyn thinks her bops are pointless and superficial.
This is all without mentioning the “human cumsock” crisis that kicks off the show, in which an explicit photo of Joss with fresh semen on her face leaks online. Her team panics. Joss doesn’t care. Thereporter asks her if she wants to use the profile to get revenge on the man who leaked the photo, but as we’ve come to learn, Joss is a masochist—this negative attention is gold to her.
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