So now we have Euphoria on HBO, a network that has, in part, became famous for its generous depiction of violence, drug use, and nudity (female, not male-although Euphoria may end up rebalancing that divide when it apparently shows 30 penises in just one episode). Maybe there is something to depicting something that approximates “the real thing,” which Euphoria aims to do with its cautionary tale about the dangers teens face today, such as revenge porn or fentanyl use. On second thought, maybe we should talk about that failed MTV experiment-it was swiftly canceled after one season and panned by the Parents Television Council as “the most dangerous show for teens.” But looking back at the American Skins, maybe one reason it did not succeed was because it was on a network that was hampered by what it could show when it came to nudity and drug use. ![]() It also spawned an American version on MTV, but we don’t talk about that. The obvious thing to do with Euphoria would be to compare it to Skins, the British series that ran for seven seasons and launched the careers of many big names, including Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel, and Daniel Kaluuya. There is also-as promised-no shortage of sex, overdoses, and violence, all filmed provocatively and explicitly. Each episode is told from the point of view of one of the main characters: Rue (played by Zendaya), a 17-year-old suburbanite who spends her summer in rehab Jules ( Hunter Schafer), a transgender girl who is new in town and quickly befriends Rue Nate (Jacob Elordi), a typical jock archetype who acts out with sexual aggression plus many more, played by breakout performers like Sydney Sweeney, Barbie Ferreira, Algee Smith, and Maude Apatow. ![]() ![]() How this plays out is a little more complicated than that. The log line for the series, per HBO’s announcement last year, goes a little something like this: “ Euphoria follows a group of high school students as they navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship.” Early reviews of Euphoria, the Zendaya-fronted and -produced HBO series premiering this Sunday, may be mixed, but everyone seems to agree on one thing: This show is explicit.
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