THE IDOL - The Worst Show of 2023
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Fun Fact: TheWeeknd didn't "sign up" for a pre-written role. Him and the director CO-WROTE THIS SHOW. Both are equally responsible for this absolute catastrophical mess.
This is Weeknd's ego boost
it’s also alleged that the reason amy simetz left is because the weekend didn’t like that he had such a small part in the show. It’s also completely filmed at his house and concert. it was literally just a show for the weekend to boost his ego
Actually Abel had most of this written like 6 months before they decided on Sam Levison and he fcked up the script and story. Not saying the Weeknd isnt a kinky werido but definitely upped the ante when Levison joined the project
Good Grief
@@spectra1096Abel didn’t write it the first 6 months, a female director did
the woman who suggested they “get rid” of Tedros is probably the only remotely sane character in the entire show
No she's a shark too.
Only one other comment, I'm gonna change that.
And yet they nuke anything we liked about her in the last few episodes….
F-U show
Sorry to be that person, but I think you mean "get rid of".
Destiny: "I think we should kill this mf"
**everyone liked that**
The Weekend threatening to curbstomp someone is peak comedy. Especially with that haircut.
The Weeknd is so non threatening
@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 Also I think he was wearing a silk kimono in that scene? That, and the horrific rattail weren’t doing him any favors.
EDIT: Swishy-90s Tracksuit. My bad. Only Eastern-Europeans and Italians can really pull them off when trying to look intimidating. It’s just a fact.
They wanted it to be intimidating, but it was peak cringeeee.
Especially seeing how he's dramatically shorter than the other guy
When your actual hair looks like a really cheap quality wig...
The Weeknd needs to stick to singing, because whenever he acts he comes out sounding like those Wattpad gangsters 😂
What the fuck is a wattpad gangster?
@@MalcomHeavyThose self inserts fanfics where the main character falls in love with a gangster who only personality is that he looks hot, and nothing else and might as well be toxic as hell
💀💀💀💀
@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375And he doesn't even have that going for himself
The most accurate description of his acting 100% lmao
“He’s so rapey”
“I kinda like that about him tho”
Said no woman EVER!! Like who honestly writes a line like that and thinks “omg this is so steamy. Full send”
Speak for yourself. I know many women who are into that kind of thing. Including myself. To some it’s a sense of closer for trauma, to some it’s just what they’re into, to some it’s both. Just cause you don’t hear about it often in media doesn’t mean there’s a lot of ladies out there who feel this way.
@@SarahaR1298 I think they more of meant the way that lack of consent is approached in the show as being sexy and desirable rather than being presented as a kink with kink permission. The show is more likely to encourage incels who think no means yes and that all women like being forced against their will and find it hot, versus speaking for the demographic of women that have it as a kink but still require permission.
No woman wants to encourage that line of thought, is I think what they meant.
@@SarahaR1298Being approached by a socially inept incel is leagues away from a rape kink, just as getting pissed on in public is leagues away from a piss kink. Consensual rape rp comes with expectations; real, undiscussed predatory behavior loses any resemblance of a confined kink with the risk of being murdered, drugged, mutilated, etc. Jocelyn’s response is unrealistic even with a rape fetish, because there’s no way she doesn’t recognize the real-life implications that come with that encounter.
@@itsmorganayouswit well again, it’s still not true. Some of us truly don’t want any consent involved at all. I don’t know what the deal is with it and where that stems from but it’s just how we can feel.
@@SarahaR1298sorry but if you actually want a rapist boyfriend and not just a kink thing you need therapy and I think you're overestimating the amount of women like that.
Tedros has zero credibility as a villain. Especially not for a cult leader, you need charisma for that.
Right, he got the psycho pathic narcissistic side of cult leaders right but he forgot the charisma isn’t edginess, it’s being likable. Cult leaders don’t start off crazy, they seem super approachable and Personable and then they gradually escalate
At least cult leaders "seem" like actual normal people.
@@42NightsyesterdayLook at Charles Manson for example. The dude is always calm and has charisma.
@42Nightsyesterday you described what I thought was missing ,I always thought he was psycho , the weeknd played that decently but I thought something was missing
"99.9% of girls out there would find Tedros REPULSIVE."
Literally, This.
This show was dead the moment these writers thought The Weeknd's character would be convincible as "charming" and "addictive."
Hes black. That's all they wanted lol
@@stinkfinga4918 What does his race have to do with anything?
@phillipsmith3382 because there's a very clear push to show black men and white women hooking up. I don't know why they do it but it seems really forced. It's rarely any other interracial mix, so clearly there's something to it.
@@stinkfinga4918 there's no "push" as far as I can see, it's just that interracial couples in general are becoming more common and media is reflecting that, I doubt they had a race in mind for Tedros.
@phillipsmith3382 not initially, no, until the original plot was literally rewritten to be something completely different. Weeknd being one of the writers.
And if they were trying to reflect common relationships you'd think they'd not be so obsessed with one pairing of black men and white women. That's my point. It's never black and Asian or hispanic or middle eastern. It's black man white woman every time lol
I have never seen a piece of fiction that made me go “This is what the creators are *actually* into” as much as this. The way it’s written, the way they hijacked the script and rewrote it with a conscious effort to step AWAY from a woman’s perspective, makes The Idol as blatant of a reflection on what the so-called talent in Hollywood is like. They’re telling on *themselves* in the most transparent way, but we can’t arrest them for being creeps. Shady weird shit is likely happening behind the scenes with Levinson, though, I can feel it.
After this show I can't look at the Weekend the same I did. I like his music but this is such a turn off.
this show makes me want to know what the female directors idea was originally about this show
ah i guess the weird satanic bs he has in literally 99% of his videos are fine lol@@TheKitehh
@@potheadraccoon8536lol satanic stuff? Could you elaborate on that? I don't wanna go watch his videos
@@Femmeaesthetic I heard it was legit just going to be a look into how toxic fame and the current hollywood industry in general is. AKA similar, but way better written so the female lead isn't just a weird lady simp, and is appropriately written.
I'm sorry but there is NO WAY you can make a rat tail attractive. It was doomed at the start
I was going to say Ewan McGregor in Phantom Menace, but no, even he can't save it
The only thing I can think of his how here in Cali I sometimes see beautiful South American teens and young men who have their heads shaved or short except these thick 2”+ wide braid that goes down their backs….but then it’s not really a rat tail anymore if it’s that thick and long 😅 I have seen them at the gym and it’s epic to see the arc of that long, perfect braid when they practice flips. I have often wondered if it’s cultural or just in style.
Honestly I think thats the source of his power
Ice T in SVU
As someone who was a heavy drug user a few years back, if you add cocaine addiction to this series it becomes 100% more believable in my eyes.
NO? We cant just add our own narrative to force feed shows we like. What you said is not an element within this show. It is just horribly written garbage.
@@okeanosokeanos2716Issa joke cuh
@@Chillnobody-vn3oh dude was probably having a bad day, he'll get over it 😂
@@okeanosokeanos2716 Well I mean. We can... Add our own narratives to shows. And movies. And music. And paintings.
Thats... What art is. The *experience* is _subjective_ regardless of the quality of the work
Cocaine addiction would be a realistic plot effect for degeneracy, this show avoided reality for what popstars with no connection to reality think it might be like and ending up with ridiculous garbage.
When I watched this show, I could not save my tears for another day.
😂
seriously why would you watch a show in 2023 without checking the reviews?
@@InternetPolice007 I watched it to see if the reviews were right. I now live with regret.
you should create your own opinion, regardless the negative reviews
@@dammypospisilWell when the show is absolutely horrid thats kind of hard to do lol
The Weeknd notoriously has avoided interviews, and being a public figure, he always had that mystery to him... Until this show came out and when it got criticism, he cried on social media like generic celebrity B would. Kinda ruined his whole persona overnight.
I know. As if that wasn't bad enough, all the behind the scenes drama makes him come across like a chauvinistic ass. Like, I don't like Drake's music and I think he's Hella cringe but goddamn, you don't hear these kinds of things about him.
@@thelastjerkbender2505 well drake is allegendly a groomer but go on
@@thelastjerkbender2505…. No, we hear that stuff about Drake too lmfao
And because of his crybaby behavior I’ve been slowly losing interest in his music. I find myelf skipping his songs a lot when my playlist is on shuffle. These days it’s hard to separate the art from the artist.
@@AnneettaLife His new stuff at least is skippable. It's disposable ear candy. But not gonna lie I can't skip "High For This" or "Wicked Game" even if he beat an old lady, and curb stomped a kid. Those songs are certified bangers. I still don't like him as a person though. And makes skipping newer lesser songs easier.
Its wild how they have a scene mocking intimacy coordinator in a show full of nude scenes, definitely represents producer's fetishes
Bro is everywhere
Where did you find this comment, before reposting it here?
We know Sam Levinson hates boundaries.
This was one of weeknds many creative decisions he was given on the show
Now I really want some show or scene where Sam Levinson is mocked all the way. See how the egomaniac likes it
Intimacy co-ordinators are in place in real life for everyone's consent and boundaries to be respected . Jocelyn might be fine being naked for the shoot but the photographers / crew did not sign up for a nude shoot and could possibly be uncomfortable / sue. But hey that's not sexy right ? 😂😂
Yes! I don’t see this talked about enough! Everyone thinks intimacy coordinators are there for just the star, but they’re there to protect the boundaries of the entire crew. Joslyn having her whiny girl boss moment about wanting to show her body off and not being allowed to isn’t the slay Sam thinks it is when the coordinator is there to make sure everyone is comfortable. What about the rest of the crew? What if they don’t want to see Jos’s nips? It’s a very shallow discussion that makes it all the more obvious Sam neither likes nor understands intimacy coordinators…which isn’t surprising.
@@clown-cult96yea, they could have easily rescheduled for another day as they get people that's ok with being around nude people
I think it’s also important to state that intimacy coordinators are not just there to protect the boundaries of the actors performing the scenes, but to also respect the crews consent and boundaries as well. It’s why they don’t let actors go off the cuff from what has already been rehearsed because the crew has to consent to the scenes being performed how they are.
@@tashaglam4824you know you just rephrased other people’s comments from this thread?
@@clown-cult96that’s not exactly true. intimacy coordinators are there because SAG-AFTRA requires it. SAG is the actors union. the crews have their own unions. and they don’t require intimacy coordinators to be there for the crew. according to SAG the coordinator is there as an advocate for the actors and as a liaison between the actors and the crew / production. the actors are the ones in the nude and performing simulated sex acts for their profession.
The *most unconvincing* thing about this show is the Weekend's "sex appeal"
I know. And it's so weird considering, you know... The fact that The Weeknd has tons of fangirls and gets tail.
@@thelastjerkbender2505 Have you checked out his shows lately? The majority of his fan base are males with receeding hairlines. And likely porn addictions.
A lot of his music does paint him as a drug abusing car wreck waiting to happen. That's literally the plot of the music video of Blinding Lights. It's like how a bunch of critics say Brad Dourif was bad at voice acting in Dishonored when his most well known role is being the voice actor for Chucky the Killer Doll.
Maybe the song from "America Dad" is true!
hes famous
The Weeknd really discovered that women’s novel romance fantasies existed and thought to himself:
“Yeah, I can be *that* guy.”
The weeknd read too much wattpad mafia romance stories
agreed , he would have had to be 10x hotter for this to be convincing
Apparently the show was originally going to have a more nuanced perspective when Amy Seimetz (who helped create The Girlfriend Experience) was involved, even got a majority of the show shot apparently, but got fired because it was heading into too much of a "female perspective" and then they re-shot it with all the creepy abuse and rape fantasy stuff.
Like there is a part of this premise about a female pop star being robbed of autonomy and agency in life that could work with the right perspective especially in light of what we know happened with Ke$ha and Britney Spears, giving the character some sex kinks could also work with the right type of writing. But it's very clear the subject matter is more fulfilling the writers fetishes (Particularly The Weeknd) than actually have anything interesting to say.
HBO Max renaming itself to Max is almost as bad as Twitter renaming itself "X"
it didnt rename itself. its still called twitter. its logo is an x.
@@ge2719 Which is still incredibly stupid. It's Twitter's rattail.
@@itsmainelyyou5541 and thats your opinion. for a lot of people old twitter was a shithole of censoring facts and corrupt bs that means it needs to do at least some rebranding. The little blue bird was an happy friendly little logo created to disguise the horrible things that company did. and its not that same company any more.
the blue bird is twitter rattail
@@ge2719 uh no, he renamed it x, it's not just the logo
Yeah it just takes time to fully transition everything, but theyre changing their terms and conditions and everything already.@@mischr13
Normally writers and producers at least try to disguise their fetishes when creating shows and movies
In this case though those people's fetishes are the entire show
What a trainwreck
I feel like ‘American Horror story’ is the same way
@@operationalbattlestation5477well at least some of AHS is actually good
There are references to choking fetishises in this show, and Abel is known for being turned on by that.
Like, come on man
Gonna be honest, reading your comment made me think of Totally Spies
Dan Schneider is probably pissed as fuck that this show went "well", and probably would have told them to "tone it down dude, you're gonna out yourself"
If Dan Schneider is telling you to cool it..... holy shit you fucked up big time....
The Weekend makes it hard to take this show’s writing serious
It's cause he re wrote the whole script lmao
@@JorgeF69Right and that makes it even worse bc it makes it feel like he is down w similar kind of shit in real life. Alas, we’ll never truly know unless a story comes out or something.
The writing makes it hard to take this show's writing serious, and it was written by the weekend lol
He had cartay blanchay
The Weeknd sounds like he tries to be a main hot and gangster but comes off as a character you would see in a BTS fanfic in Wattpad 😂
The Weekend saw Massimo from 365 Days and copied his homework but changed the answers
@@rnpeeAt least Massimo's rich.
I feel like he wanted to be that person who people will make fan edits of, like they do for BTS lmao. Especially in Cannes he was trying sooo hard to look sexy with weird expressions 😂
So people were manipulated into joining Tedros' cult? You could almost say they were... blinded by his lights.
Lol moment
Dad?
It seems he truly is a Starboy
Lmaooo
The Weeknd gives the vibe of the dude that said, "Are you lost baby girl?" 😭
Sam Levinson and The Weekend wrote fanfiction with a self insert oc and the executives ate that shit up.
the fact that the weekend played tedros instead of letting an actual actor play him is all the evidence i need to know that the weekend just wanted to touch lily rose depp
Agreed dude like the weekend only wrote this show cause he wanted an excuse to do it with depps daughter 😂🤣
Um no they are dating already
The purpose of an intimacy coordinator is to basically make sure everyone consents to on-set nudity/sex. It's pretty common in Hollywood to have one on set, especially for shoots that involve nudity/sex. If you go to a shoot not expecting a nude scene, and all of a sudden a chick pops her tits out and someone there didn't consent, then the production is liable for that.
Basically before a nude photoshoot/movie sex scene is filmed, the intimacy coordinator has to get written consent from everyone on set that day, sign waivers, all that shit. But the show basically portrays the IC as a dweeb whose "getting in the way", which is dumb. They're very important!
I don’t think you were that part was written in for you to be on Jocelyn’s team’s side. They made him sound reasonable. If anything I felt it was included to show how these celebrities and the people surrounding them treat people they see as lesser or unworthy of being taken seriously.
It was a really odd scene, the way it was inserted into an already chaotic opening. It felt like Sam was taking an opportunity to give the middle finger to everyone who's complained about all the nudity in Euphoria, especially when it comes to Sydney Sweeney. Either that or it's his fantasy of what he wishes he could do to intimacy coordinators. Or both. Dude just wants nudity in everything without needing permission. *ahem*
That's the main problem with the show - all we can see are Sam and The Weeknd's influence. None of the characters are telling their own stories - what little story there is - so it all feels like one big self-insert. I really wish we'd been able to see Amy Seimetz's version. It might have actually been a good show.
This whole show feels like one huge self report
I genuinely hope Lily-Rose Depp gets better roles.
Can’t wait for her in Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu!
her and jennie kim honestly
same, I think she's really talented
Yea but not as a s3x symbol
I think she did well in the show, but her reaction to criticisms spoke volumes to me (even tho it’s been drowned out by The Weeknds admittedly way worse reactions). I hope hearing the word “no” from collective viewers even after it dropped helps her grow in the future instead of give off the air it’s the rest of us who don’t know what we like or what good TV is. Then again she could have just been taking Sams lead, it was just off putting to me.
No way I'd ever watch this, but is it possible this show is just the Weeknd telling the whole world what he's actually up to? He creeps me the fuck out.
Something tells me this show is going to be looked back on with an air of "He literally told us exactly what he was doing to our faces and he still got away with it," akin to a good percentage of R. Kelly's discography.
@@tjenadonn6158I swear to God I have the same feeling. The way the story was handled, the reported production hell.. Weeknd in all this is like the cousin of Jared Leto’s behavior during Suicide Squad.
Watching y'all just now figure this out is like watching a toddler finally figure out which shape goes in the square hole..
Like.. I'm happy for y'all but a little frustrated by how long it took y'all to get here
@lostinadifferentworld2752 It's not a race lol
"Is this show really going to glorify abuse" literally was doing that from the beginning lol. I think this show along with Euphoria makes Levinson seem like a creepy sex obsessed freak.
Euphoria was really good tho.
@@voidinvestigator9908 Only the first season.
@@voidinvestigator9908doesn't change the fact that this sam guy is obsessed with underage naked people on his shows
Oh my god no, the "trust exercise" scene is actually so fucked up and so scary because that's literally damn near word for word the same thing that happened to a girl on an episode of this true crime show I watch. Like, that has actually happened before but the girl was murdered. Which means one of the directors or writers has heard about that case, thought "yeah that's hot" and wrote it into the show ??? That's HORRIFIC and I'm honestly worried for Lilly Rose on this set.
The Weeknd clearly just has an asphyxiation fetish that he feels the need to inflict on everyone like he wrote a whole song about it... Scary bc it's getting normalised as a "fun kinky" sex thing.
Lol it doesn't mean they've heard of that case
@@RetardationAwareness They could've just come up with it on their own, but the similarities are chilling and still beyond fucked.
the trust exercise scene is a common move in Kamasutra. not necessarily mean it was based on the true crime scene.
Spoiler alert: she’s fine.
If Jocelyn got Tetris man out of her life, and used the experience with abuse to motivate her to write an album about Tetris man that went ultra mega platinum, then it would be a much better story. They could have gone for something like the Frank and Amy Winehouse story. Where Frank, her ex, is a womanizing cheater, manipulator, etc, and Amy got him out of her life and wrote an entire album mostly about him that really kicked off her enormous career. But the damage she suffered from him and people like him eventually contributed to her enormous heroin and crack addiction and subsequent downfall.. So the victim overpowered and outplayed her abuser, but the abuse still happened and didn't go away from revenge, and thus she still got wrongfully afflicted by the vices people use to forget abuse like addiction. That would have been a far more nuanced and interesting story. Damn man, Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.. They can't even rip off ideas from real life anymore.. They think their farts smell so good that they keep crapping out this type of garbage media.
I assumed that would be the twist.
She'd write a brilliant album about getting abusive guys out of your life and that would be the hook that took her to a different level of stardom and public empathy/appreciation.
@@paulthomas963That's not what happened in those episodes..
Seethe
Another show using "Shock value" as sole interest but try to pass it as "subversive" and depecting the "harsh reality in it's most twisted ways". Got it
There's something inherently creepy in a male writer creating a character that says she's into the guy with "rapey vibes". All through the show the writers fantasize in a glamorous way about a victim of abuse that copes with it by... enjoying more abuse? I'm sure this happens in the real world, but the overall tone of the show relating to this is just of really bad taste.
I am close friends with an actual victim of abuse that often has self destructive behavior towards her own sexuality and let me tell you, it's not sexy and not glamorous by a long shot.
It's a very, very masculine perception that victimized girls can gain back their power by being overly sexualized or by giving in to their own dark side - over the guidance of an aggressive male, of course.
I am really glad how the entire TH-cam united to criticize this show, I would hate to see young girls thinking this is actually how you cope with trauma.
There are a lot of women who say that stuff like the author of 50 shades of gray
Johnny Depp's daughter's face always scared me a little bit. It's like she had way too much cheek filler lol
Same lol. She's cute but damn
True
If only she was humble. But no she is like most nobles during feodal era, she considere that her lineage make her superior
I wonder if the writers thought Stockholm syndrome could develop in a couple hours. Xander’s character makes zero sense
Velma: I'm the worst show on HBO!
The Weekend: Hold my Terrible Acting!
Velma is still worse but the Weeknd is the most insufferable actor ever
Velma wasn't great but most of the backlash was from white guys who can't take a joke
Nah , velma still holds " the worst show" title , both are similar in the fact that both have cheap plot twists
@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375I honestly think this is worse because it’s glorifying abuse with all the bad acting and writing on top of it don’t get me wrong Velma is terrible but at least it wasn’t promoting abuse or anything it’s just bad writing and acting
The problem with the "genius plot twist" is that there was next to no foreshadowing. Probably because they scratched all the flashback scenes of Jocelyn's life in favor of showing more extended soft p*rn... another huge problem for me is Abel's acting. He does not come off as the charismatic/sexy cult leader that he's supposed to be at all. Instead, his character is pure cringe. To be fair, a bunch of other stuff is cringe as well, but that's due to their terrible writing so yeah.
not sure how i feel about anyone who takes The Weeknd 100% seriously after this. my guy was fighting for his life on twitter to defend his goofy little rat tail character like he had just written a Christopher Nolan movie
this happens when you glorified shows like euphoria
After watching the entire show as per released episode. The only thing I can say that's a genuine bash of the show is that the show felt like *nothing ever really happened* . It's as if everyone was introduced only to be cast aside. Joselyn is the only character who has any "real" development but everyone else is along for the ride.
The bigger issue is that once the story gets to a point where something interesting is actually happening, it gets wrapped up immediately.
I'm starting to think that The Weekend simply chose to be a part of this project to add to the hype of his tour and get those gargantuan ticket sales. This whole show could have been a 2 hour movie with tons of more depth, just saying.
Nope, the weekend co wrote/directed it.
this show is just 365 days with aesthetics and snorting coke
To be fair 365 days did have coke snorting in it. I feel like it’s 365 days if it was a celebrity vanity project.
@@marianatheschizoid5912 well yes.. i dont know i didnt watch the movies 😳 how could you sit and watch that abysmal 😭
Okay I feel like comparing this to 365 days is an insult , at least the idol had plot
So, were the writers of this show like, actual aliens who learned about humanity from the worst parts of the internet?
No, AI aided scripts lol
Anyone else not watch the show and just wait for this video
I wish I had just waited for this video. I’ll never get back the time I pissed away watching this show.
Yes
I've never even heard of it
@@JustMe-ub9yo me neither. And I wish it stayed that way; because seeing the clips of the show in this video were laughably bad. I thought it was supposed to be a failed comedic parody; or something.
Again, that guy can write addiction because he was a former addict, but everything else he writes is pretty bad.
Bet his whole personality is that he used to use drugs
@@TheRealBillix
Someone needs to tell Sam Levinson, and the film and TV industry in general, that drug abuse doesn’t automatically mean good writing.
What I read was the show was set up very different, but Weekend was upset his character wasn't the good guy. They had to do rewrite and reshoots to make him more sympathetic. That is why Weekend is trying so hard to make it work because he forced a lot of the changes that people are complaining about.
I’m sorry but I just have SO MANY damn questions about this “I’m so dark and edgy” a** show🤡. If Jocelyn was “in control the whole time” why is she literally in shambles after finding out that tedros had her work friend take her to his club on purpose? Why did that matter? It can’t be because she feels betrayed by her friend because it’s not like she values her best friends, so why would she be worked up about a work friend she went out with once? It can’t be because she feels betrayed by tedros, given that her whole thing was “I’m gonna let him think he’s in control but it’s actually me😏”. It can’t be because Diane took the song because she didn’t even WANT it. it’s just so DUMB💀. Also if tedros is such a *cRaZy* dangerous scumbag, why does he turn into such a sniveling drunk mess the minute she pays attention to another dude? Why isn’t he going off? Where’s the rage? What happened to the guy that kidnapped some girl like why even bring that up at all? Furthermore there were not enough manipulation tactics at play for ANYONE to become brainwashed by ANYONE on this show. They tried to do this whole “build them up then break them down” thing but assaulting someone on ONE occasion then giving them a sponge bath ain’t gonna brainwash a damn thing🥴. Neither would going from adoring tedros then suddenly wanting nothing to do with him in a matter of what a few days maximum? And the whole “she was USING Tedros for INSPIRATION!” Thing is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS because there was nothing inspiring about that man😭‼️ Jocelyn was already a “sexually free” gworl and it’s not like it’s hard to find someone who will choke you out and talk nasty during sex. It was clearly never hard to find a complete jerk in her industry. They genuinely want us to think that tedros was some kind of MUSE when there’s nothing special about him… not to mention the music he “inspired” WASN’T EVEN THAT GOOD. I was genuinely waiting for the music to SLAP and it just sounded like a pretentious edgy teenager who’s listened to Lana Del Rey once💀. I swear the music had to be thrown together last minute. But as bad as everything was, the most unbearable part of this show was The Weeknd’s corny scoring. Initially it was just slightly annoying but then it became impossible to ignore. I bust out LAUGHING at “🎶 I’ve been manipulated a thousand tiimees🎶😔” it actually brought tears to my eyes it was so funny to me.. and I’m not even entirely sure why😭. The weeknd and levinson fr just need to take this L and move on because it’s embarrassing at this point🤡🤡.
idk what’s worse. the horrendously awkward interactions between characters or the weekend’s silk press.
I’d rather watch Elvis’s reaction to the entire show then watch this piece of garbage that had so much potential but was changed so much because The Weekend didn’t like that the show was in a female pov… It’s gross and disgusting, I honestly feel very bad for Lily Rose Depp cause she a pretty good actress and this show just exploited her. How did this even get off the ground cause it’s just awful?
I'm in the same boat as you. I've watched all the 'low-downs' of the show because I'm sincerely afraid that if I watched the show I'd lose my last gram of faith in humanity.
lol no 😂quit spreading misinformation lily rose depp said she wanted more nude scenes in the show
There are certain people that you never want to hear say certain words…I could’ve gone my whole life without hearing “pussy” flop out of the Weekend’s mouth. Also, Johnny Depp must be super proud of his daughter. Nothing like watching your kids do soft core pron to really instill a sense of pride.
Super misogynist of you. She's 25 and can do whatever she wants, also Johnny Depp did a lot of edgy acting roles in the 80s and 90s. Also she's a French
Model who's been nude her entire career. Hiring a model is a great option for a show like this because they are so desensitised to nudity and used to being an object.
@@erinnadia0409 ah yes, peak female empowerment these days is being displayed nude in public and getting used to being treated “like an object”. 4th wave feminism at its finest, for sure. Also, it would appear that having her in this show wasn’t enough to save it. Maybe women should start refusing roles written by men with rape fantasies, but then Hollywood would be done.
@@erinnadia0409🤦♂️🤡you call him a misogynist but then your last sentence is misogynistic asf
@@erinnadia0409misogynist? you can’t be serious rn
@@erinnadia0409 nothing says women’s empowerment like objectifying, exploiting and hyper exualizing oneself!!
I am definitely no prude but I skipped almost all of the sex scenes because I just felt disgusting watching it lol.
I had to take a shower after watching to feel clean again 😂
It's probably because it's so clearly abusive.
Like the Monica Bellucci shower scene in Spectre.
And Jocelyn just showing off her ass like 💀 woman empowerment ig
The only time a rat tail has been cool in my life. Is when I was like 3 and I wanted one cause the boy across the street had one. And when I was told only boys had them I cried and freaked out till my mom agreed. She kept it in for a week and would put like beads or a bow at then end to deal. But she couldn’t handle it and cut it off. 😂😂😂
thank you for sharing LOL
@mirmir0003 I was definitely stoned. Lol sorry for the cool story bro moment 😅
@@usernotime it made my day. you sound really fun to be around
tone: genuine since i type all weird and tone over text is hard
That show made me want to nose dive out my window while watching it. It’s a challenge, literally.
ah yes the show where behind the scenes, The Weeknd hijacks a woman's script and ruins it by leaning less on the "female perspective," then unsubtly tells whatever he be into (misogyny, no surprise), further making this ironic of what this show is trying to do initially
Pretty amazing to see The Weeknd nuke his career at its peak on a weird vanity project. I’m sure he’s got some hits left in him, but how can you take him seriously after seeing him play Tedros?
How old is Johnny Depps daughter? Ive never seen a young looking person look so old...
guess that's how it is when one of your parents is a horrible person
that's how this whole gen of influencer type women are going to age
@@billy6464 you just straight up sound like a misogynist lmao.
She just smokes a lot
@@themischief420 wdym
If this show is any indication of what the weekend thinks good writing looks like, then maybe he should just stick to music.
Velma, The Idol and Secret Invasion are pretty serious contenders for the worst show of 2023
I didn't finish secret invasion. Was it that bad?
@@xChaosFlower I haven’t heard about it , can you please tell what is it about ?
@@lumityviktuuristanartist4100it’s a marvel show
HBO Max was re-branded to just "Max" because they realised the show is dogshit and they didn't want the HBO brand name to have anything to do with the show.
Never let Same Levinson cook!
It's almost like The Weeknd wants to know how into this sort of abuse his fans are.
So made a TV show to test it.
Subversion of expectations is a new gimick for poor writing. When done properly it's awesome, but it's like this new toy that a lot of writers just discovered or something and won't stop using.
*Xander's turn towards the cult reminds me of the episode of Always Sunny where the McPoyle's kidnap the Gang, and like immediately Sweet Dee get's Stockholm Syndrome and turns on the guys*
Basicly what a intimacy coordinator is a person that makes sure people are ready and comfortable with scenes that involves kissing or a sex scene they are their so a sexual lawsuit does not hold production
Whoever wrote the “stretch that tiny little p” line should be arrested and charged with a war crime
It’s like they watched the worst characters on Game of Thrones and said “yeah bro, that’s a boss.”
Love how Tedros tries a Manhunt fatality on her, and she's still into him.
I laughed so fucking hard when I saw the weekend post a story comparing himself to Tony Montana from Scarface LMFAO bro actually thought he was HIM
Bro Al Pacino is fantastic actor and The Weeknd is just terrible garbage actor
Uh oh, Elvis didn't censor the R word. See you all in the reupload!
Fun fact, the original show idea was so much better. The original show was about Jocelyn’s rise to fame and the toxic world of fame Jocelyn has to go through and it was supposed to be much better. However when Sam Levin joined the team, he was butting heads with the OG director so bad she ended up leaving and he took over, hired the Weekend, and they scrapped the original idea because they didn’t like the empowering story and wanted to reduce Jocelyn to what she is now to hype up The Weekend’s character.
I wish I were in the room with Elvis to see his entire reaction on all the scenes live 😂🤣🤣
I love how it feels like Elvis' real time reactions are the same as his for camera ones.
You can hack his stuff it youre into this type of crap
GOOD VIDEO, Jocelyn is supposed to have suffered a nervous breakdown due to "her mother's abuse" but then she tells us that all of that was a lie, so what caused the crisis or was that also a lie, then why did Jocelyn have Xander tortured? if the abuse never happened
I haven’t watched one of your vids in awhile but man!! Your edits are so complex I love it!!!
Yeah his editing his top tier imo. Every “Bruh” in the vid was just perfect
So hyped to watch you tear this up Elvis!
i heard this show actually had a good script before sam levingston got his grubby little nubbins on it
Why does the weekend look like a 40 yr old samoan mom with that hairdo
“His rat tail looks like it could’ve killed Steve Irwin” I’ve been killed with that line holy guacamole
Anybody else notice the recent trend of shows that are edgy for the sake of being edgy with every character being an asshole?
Euphoria and Succession come to mind. People will say “but it’s so real that’s why it’s so edgy and everybody acts like an asshole” but I just think it’s cringe and an excuse for lazy writing.
You didn't cover the best character, Destiny! She was the only character that seemed to really know what was going on and made rational decisions throughout.
They should of made a documentary on the making of this show, it would have been so much more interesting than the show itself.
I love that everybody agreed with Destiny's suggestion to take "The Guy" out 😂❤
Tedros's hair looks like the woman's hair that accidentally used the gorilla glue instead of the got 2 be spray
I hate that the close-ups show that Lily has had work done. It's very Kylie Jenner... in pictures it looks fine but once you really get movement and close ups and stuff you can see the work. I hate to sound like an a****** but she's definitely had work done.
Not great work either.
So her management put out a hit piece explaining to the public how badly this dude had her whipped, and then AFTER that she gets up on stage in front of thousands of people and sings his praises? lol that's not a good look at all.
I swear, TV shows and movies like this must be for people who think that people like Andrew Tate is a catch.
As people of the industry I think Lily & Able were confident in portraying such characters having dealt with all the abuses in the show themselves. They might have done a bad job making their point but if you pay attention they're trying to expose the industry and display their humanity, flaws and all. We have been good, we have been bad, all of it is true - we are human, and there's no denying it.
You know those obvious self-indulgent self-insert movies written, directed and starred by the same guy? There are more of those with arguably better plots and less skeeze than this.
Tedros is written like how a 14 year old girl would write an angsty love interest on Wattpad
He created euphoria, an awful show, what do you expect
Yeah i never understood why people like euphoria? I was out the moment the show said a 14 year old girl had sex with a 40 year old man but the 14 year old "was totally in control" 😅🥲
@@erinnadia0409I don't get it. Not the overly sexualised teenagers. I mean, come on, skins existed years before euphoria. Euphoria just added more nudity and more "edgy material" to it. That's all. And people overhyped it to the moon
I mean there is a lot of cult stuff here that has happened in real life. You’d be surprised how easily it happens. Even seemingly normal and well adjusted people fall for things all the time and there’s interesting psychology behind it all. Also with the masochism/abuse thing. It’s common knowledge that some people respond to trauma by partaking in BDSM relationships as a means of taking control back. But this show handles it all so poorly. I think partially because they only had 5 episodes to tell a very complex story and focused on filling most of it with over the top scenes and moments to allow The Weeknd to show how edgy and cool he thinks he is. I don’t think the story itself is all that bad. I feel like something compelling could’ve been explored with this concept. But it was executed in the worst way imaginable. I wish we knew how the original was supposed to be before it was taken over and changed.
Those two writers wouldnt know how to write a healthy BDSM relationship if they had a step by step guide with detailed instructions
Maybe they would have been able to tell a believable and engaging story if they would just knock it off with the random six scenes that didn't add anything to the plot. This slop has lemon-fic tier plot writing.
But the last episode they say that she lied about her trauma , for a cheap plot-twist
I agree they could have made a great show how not managing your trauma can screw you up , the struggle of an artist , manipulation , how predators seem harmless , fill your void and toss you aside but they wasted so many opportunities to just show sexual scenes
0:36 I’m not calling it “max”. I’ll take the extra second to say HBO Max.
Its About time lol 😂. *Been waiting for this one for awhile now. And you didn't disappoint*
Hey wait a minute. Is that Troye Sivan?? From 2014 youtube??
Yes
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I just can't stop looking at everyone's weird cheeks.
I had a feeling Elvis would be dropping a heater today and IM SO GLAD I WAS RIGHT!!
Dunkin’ Donuts is known as just Dunkin’ now.
I've been waiting for you to cover this show 😂😅
Can't wait
1. no boundaries
2. insecure
the 2 things women find most attractive in men!
Blinding Light is a great song. I really like it.
Celebs kids are the worst. This series has zero appeal.
I don’t understand why TH-cam makes some people censor swears, yet other TH-camr’s do the same thing and don’t get demonetized. It doesn’t make sense.
Anyways, this show looks great. Definitely will be watching.
💪😎