oh i forgot to mention that the weeknd said this in an interview: "tedros is that superego that we as men wanna stay away from as much as possible, that's inside of us and we just gotta kill that"... like nah speak for yourself because that self-report is CRAZY 💀

The fact that they glorified her trauma as "motivation to make her work harder" is insane.

The way my jaw dropped when he told Jocelyn to go get the brush. This is not dark, controversial art, this is not satire, this is disgusting. I am sick and tired of men making disgusting, horrible shows and calling it “art that is supposed to make you think.” There is nothing here to comment on what women go through in the music industry, you are just making torture porn.

I think that scene with Jocelyn crying and calling for her mom is what the show would have been, before the worst men ever got involved

I've had someone ask me "why did he do that?" about my abuser s*xually assaulting me from when I was 4 to 10. It sent me into a mental health spiral so bad I had to be hospitalized. NEVER ask someone that.

Fun fact. You can make a show or movie meant to make the viewer uncomfortable and disgusted without making it an unbearable watch.

This show just confirmed that Euphoria was successful DESPITE Sam Levinson, not because of him

it's unfortunate how Jocelyn's character is coherent (she hasn't known true love, only abuse and exploitation, so of course she seeks it out when she has lost it) and how unfortunately understandable her decisions are in her situation, yet this is all completely crushed by this soulless exploitative borderline tortune porn of a show

You can really feel the potential of a good story when she explains how her mother beat her. It recontextualizes the (already good) scene of her asking for her mother because now we know she wasn’t begging for her mom to help support her, she was asking for her mom to punish her for a bad performance. It’s not spelled out for you (probably because this fucked up version of the story doesn’t realize how horrible this is) so the audience member has to connect the dots leading you to a upsetting revelation. Of course then because this is The Idol it’s turned into a good thing that her mother beat her and made into some weird fantasy. I feel like that’s the biggest plotpoint where you feel the original narrative being warped to fit this weird degenerate male fantasy.

It’s almost meta how a show about female exploitation by creepy men in Hollywood became a reality show about female exploitation by creepy men in Hollywood

seeing lily-rose depp act her ass off compared to abel barely acting throws me off every time without fail

omg i didnt realize hearing "why didnt you fight back" was a trigger for me until tedros said it. thats 80% of the time the response i get when i talk abt my trauma 😭

No TV show does "dysfunctional but compelling female lead" better than Fleabag. Shows you how it's done properly, and with A++ humour.

The fact that they announced that it’s being cut from six episodes to five the same day this came out is perfection.

It’s extremely gross that Idol basically took Jeanette McCurdy’s entire situation with her mom (from the “motivation” to her getting cancer) and then thought it was okay to give to Jocelyn for extra drama.

Watching D’Angelo CRINGE while editing had me LITERALLY laugh out loud omg! 😂😂😭😭😭 I had to play it twice bc he was all of us in that moment

Perfect blue is a much better representation of an idol struggling, dealing with the pressure of being famous. Having identity crisis. It’s also a really good thriller with good plots

The fact that Lily Rose Depp has to stay away from The Weekend every time he goes into his “Tedro mode” on set really says a lot about him💀

I wish a room full of men stopped trying to write a woman’s story. Like this is supposed to be a story of a vulnerable woman falling victim to a man’s abuse, and I just don’t understand how the weekend and the euphoria guy thought they were the right people to tell that story

If this show doesn’t end with her getting rid of all these people and moving on with her life in a positive nature then I truly have no idea what they were thinking making this show

God, the abuse scene is genuinely horrifying. My dad did the same shit to me if I struggled to read correctly, did my math wrong, or asked stupid questions. If I got in trouble at school and had a slip sent home, I would beg my mom not to show my dad because I knew what would happen. He beat me to "motivate" me and took all the credit when someone said I was smart or well-behaved. That entire scene left me in tears because all I could see was my experiences. The fact that they put this in the show proves it's nothing more than torture porn and shock value. It's fucking vile

The fact that HBO said “nah, we don’t need that 6th episode” 😂😂

As a euphoria viewer, bringing up an interesting storyline and then literally NEVER bringing it up ever again is a classic Sam Levinson move

The part where Jocelyn was crying out for her mom was actually good, it made me REALLY emotional when I watched it which is a god damn shame considering the fact that the rest of the show. Is the rest of the show.

Bojack Horseman. Probably the most realistic depiction of mental health in a television show.

The scenes with Lily calling for her mom, talking about her past, or pushing herself way past her limits, and Destiny + Chaim protecting her shows me what this series could have been if the crusty ass Weekday and Samuel didn't completely squash it with their grubby hands

Hearing the "it was too feminist" allegations and seeing some of the good scenes and the good acting in this show tells me this could have been an absolute masterpiece

"show some backbone. You already showed anything else in this show" had me in tears 😂👍

As someone who was abused as a child and therefore motivated solely by fear, I cannot fathom putting that scene out into the world. Thank goodness I have a partner who encourages me to get mental health care to learn other forms of motivation, as opposed to just recreating trauma. Gross.

The whole scene when she calls out to her mom is genuinely so heart-rending and made me cry. It sucks that there's a good show buried beneath all this fetishization of abuse and misogyny 😞

the frustrating part about this show is that you can see the original vision bleeding through. the parts that are focused on Jocelyn are really good, and her storyline is very interesting. it’s when Tedros is on screen that you can see where Sam Levinson made his alterations.

As a Canadian, the phrase "more red flags than the Canadian gift shop" might be my new favourite line in any of your videos (which is hard to choose in general because of the quality of all your videos).

the clip of jocelyn calling out for her mom actually broke my heart... oh what this show could have been

its crazy to try to make a show about female exploitation, but then say that the show was going "too much into a female perspective" when a woman was directing it. honestly that complete lack of self awareness sums up the whole show. how are yall not embarrassed 💀

I had an art teacher who would say something along the lines of "I don't care if it's deliberate, it LOOKS like a mistake. If it's a mistake but it looks deliberate, then it's art. But if it looks like a mistake, then it's a mistake." I think that describes this show pretty well.

I didn’t watch Euphoria because I heard that the characters are in high school and there would be a lot of explicit scenes in the show. I didn’t feel comfortable watching minors doing it. But I’ve heard more people criticise the bedroom scenes for this show than Euphoria, which is pretty weird to me. I didn’t and will not watch The Idol either but I do enjoy watching videos criticising the show. 😂

I think this show has the exact same issue as the Netflix show, Cuties. To tackle/address a serious issue like the sexualization of children or the dark side of Hollywood (at this point, I've no clue what The Idol's message is anymore), you have to have good writing and a talented director to guide the narrative. Nothing against actors, but the actors in this show are amazing; we've seen (most of) them act wonderfully before in other properties. But they lack the source material here. And whatever message they were trying to convey originally, is being muddied under bad direction. Like you said D'Angelo, that scene with Jocelyn struggling to perform and crying for her mom was very powerful (I honestly think that's the only scene they kept from the previous female director)! If that same energy would have been felt throughout the entire show, it'd be a great short series to binge; but that's not what we got. To me, this show feels like it's glorifying more than critiquing the issues. Hoping they can somehow turn this around in the last 3 episodes - but my expectations are low. Anyway, I don't know if you're an anime fan, but I recommend Spy x Family! It's an adorable show!

Don't let the terrible dialogue or acting distract you from the fact that those butterfly hairclips on D'Angelo are *iconic*

If you haven't watched 'Arcane', it is all the things this show isn't 😂 The characters are likeable, deeply flawed and complex. Even the villain is sympathetic. There's a lot of nuance to the plot which is strong throughout the show and it's visually stunning. Don't let the tie to League of Legends scare you, it's a masterpiece

After punishing myself and actually watching the series I'm now convinced that after the first director left the project they went and changed the plot of the story entirely, there are too many scenes and plot points that seem to indicate that the story focus laid somewhere else to where the series seems to be at.

The ending had me SEETHING. As an abuse victim, I will never forgive anyone involved with this project. Not Lily, not the writers, and ESPECIALLY not The Weekend.

Abel (the person) is so omnipresent in the show. He's a co writer, supposedly got his screen time expanded, his music is the soundtrack, they're filmin in his house... All while monopolizing the run time and delivering an embarrassing performance. Like, I've truly had enough of this dude.

How did I know, the moment Jocelyn started getting interrogated about her mother abusing her with a hairbrush, it was going to end with Tedros wanting to reimplement the use of the hairbrush...in the bedroom. Like, not only is it torture porn, but it's predictable too.

I'm just happy to know the likelihood of Robert Plant and his family seeing this episode is rarer than a shark attack. The writers are evil for mocking a real man's loss just for tv content that isn't even profound or deep.

I so badly want a show that shows the truth of hypersexuality- that it is a trauma response. It isn’t sexy, it is so painful. It is a form of self harm. They could have shown her side so much better- how mentally exhausting it is. I know how it feels deeply and it could make for a very real snapshot into what it’s like. But instead they made it so it was hot for her to act that way. When in reality, she would be full of doubt and pain over what she’s doing. Idk I’m rambling now but it just sucks to see this happen again.

Thank you, D'Angelo for watching this for me so that I don't have to die from second hand cringe

The Good Place is a very great TV show about being a good person and fighting a flawed system and it's really clever and fun to watch. Highly recommend

28:00 As a victim of abuse myself, I can genuinely say that this sequence of events made me drop my jaw so low that I may as well have torn my temporomandibular joint. Like, NEVER in my ENTIRE LIFE have I seen a line in media that made me think "this can't get any worse" before being followed with an amalgamation of vowels and consonants strewn together that could only manifest from within the ghastly pits of hell. FOUR TIMES. CONSECUTIVELY. I have to say--that was genuinely impressive in such a warped way. So impressive that I never want to hear it again. And no, Tedros, I will not be creating art out of this. Edit: SCRATCH THAT--7 TIMES. BECAUSE I HADN'T EVEN FINISHED THE FULL SEQUENCE. I think this scene is so deeply aggravating mostly because of how it takes itself seriously and outright refuses to call itself out in any manner. Then, when you pair that with the entire context and the very nature of the entire show and the way it tries to imbue Tedros's fucked up word vomits with a paltry layer of false realism, it just becomes so much more sickening... Edit 2: 8 times now. Purely because they decided to include this scene IN THE SHOW and ADD A FUCKING WEEKND SONG IN THE BACK. You can't make this up. I've known the Tedros character for bits and pieces of 3 episodes and he's managed to become one of my least favorite characters in all media--only stymied by Onision's downright ridiculous self-inserts that he wrote into the putrid books I sat through in a few relatively comedic book review videos.

Her crying for her mom was actually heartbreaking

as an abuse victim (not physical, but verbal & mental) the way they depicted jocelyn's experience is SO telling to how these guys view abuse like. jesus christ

So… does anyone see the parallels with the main characters backstory with their abusive mom and Jennette McCurdy’s issues? Someone pointed it out to me and I can’t unsee it. And considering the scriptwriting for this show probably happened around the same time her book was released makes it feel less and less like a coincidence.

A show that actually handles grief really well is The Bear! The second season just came out and it’s phenomenal, great acting, music, cinematography, plot, etc. Highly recommend as a segway into exploring grief in TV!

As an child abuse victim this is the most triggering thing I’ve seen in a while, wtf if wrong with them why would they make this 💀

I recently watched a show on Netflix called, "1899". Unfortunately, they only have one season and left it off of a huge cliffhanger but sooo worth the watch! Honestly the only way to describe it is, "all these strangers from Europe are going to America on a ship and weird things start happening that question their reality" Highly recommend and has a female lead done well..the story...cinematography...storyline... everything is amazing! Will leave you on the edge of your seat and questioning everything! 20/10!!

It sucks that you can see the bones of what could have been a really good show if the original director had been able to finish it, and instead Sam Levinson got his hands on it and turned it into this.

This show is weirdly inspirational, it shows that anyone can make better content than what Sam Levinson puts out

The disgusting comment about Epstein’s Island was the most offensive and vile thing I’ve ever heard. What a mockery and slap in the face to all those child victims, and victims of SA everywhere.

Oh, shit, Jocelyn is calling for her mom not for emotional support, but to PUNISH HERSELF because she thought she wasn't good enough after the music video failure! That is really tragic.

can we talk about how they based jocelyn's background story off jeannette mccurdy's actual life? 😭

This series could have honestly been a great commentary on the industry, I think the part where Jocelyn strived for a perfect take until her feet bled was the best part of the whole show cause it showed her human side and her inability to accept anything less than what she thinks is extraordinary. Sadly it was sandwiched between random sex scenes and batshit insane dialogue

“We went from a really touching scene, to another touching scene”-that had me dying 😂

A completely unrelated but enjoyable, turn-off-your-brain show that I like to watch is Crime Scene Kitchen. It's a baking competition show where the contestants have to figure out what was previously baked in a kitchen by looking at clues (like checking the garbage???) and then they have to bake it themselves. It's highly entertaining but also you can definitely zone out for a good chunk and still enjoy it. Anyways, thanks for your service of watching and recapping The Idol because I certainly wasn't going to watch it.

We should honestly congratulate the writers for writing this show with one hand.

hearing about joceylns abuse with her mother kind of gave me Jennette McCurdy vibes on how she used to describe her pain and the experiences her mother forced her through in her book, i wouldnt be shocked if the weekend saw that and went "okay but what if i made it worse and misconstrued that story and put it in the show"

"more red flags than a Canadian gift shop" Is both one of the best lines I have ever heard and really shows how bad the situation is. Canadian gift stores are basically just flags.

Hey D'angelo! I just wanna say that I'm really proud of you. Even though I don't personally know you. You are such a treasure to the KZfaq community, you overcame so much struggle and you were so strong in your battle with mental health issues. It's extremely brave and inspirational of you to talk in depth about your struggles in 'things got pretty bad' which was one of the first times I realized that other people go through the same things I do. And you are so strong in your battle with mental health issues through how much being a YT personality affected you, yet you were able to get better and start to make videos for us, which we greatly cherish. This is really random but still, thank you so much for what you do. I wish you the best. 🖤

Love these reviews, your timing is great and youre hilarious. Movie recs to bleach your eyes: After yang - shot so beautifully and feels like a meditation After sun- (weird they both start with “after”) this feels like watching a memory and is the directors love letter to her late father Decision to leave- every shot feels like a painting, actors are amazing, a noir that explores darkness of humans in a beautiful way/ probably what the creators of this show wish they could do Marscapone - just a cute Italian love story about gay men that isn’t tacky and feels like you’re traveling

this outfit today is EVERYTHING ugh between the butterfly clips, the hair, the pocket bear, the pins, the earrings, it's just *chef's kiss*

Extraordinary Attorney Woo is a Korean drama about an autistic woman who becomes a lawyer. It’s touching, funny, emotional and extremely well-written and acted. I had tears in my eyes more than once, but they were cathartic. This is the kind of show that gives you faith in the goodness of humanity and I think would work well to bleach your poor poor eyes

Bruh, I can’t express just how much I love your style??? You’ve always had amazing style, but these past few outfits have been such bangers. I’m genuinely always so excited every upload to see how we can possibly raise the fashion bar any higher. Thanks for enduring more of this garbage for us!!

Hey, D'Angelo.... the best eye bleach in the world is the 1960s TV show The Addams Family. Wait... I'm serious. There is so much sweetness and love amongst the family, and their obliviousness to how they are seen by outsiders is something that I long to achieve. The love and respect between Gomez and Morticia is inspiring. Just give yourself a half-hour of tenderness and try S1E1. Best of luck. And thanks for this vid. I think.

The funniest thing is Tetris acting like the most intimidating person in the room when every other actor looks like they can snap him in half instantly

Tedros reaction to being called gay is probably the best acting we will get out of the weekend. He was actually able to make me a little scared about what he would do next.

Eye bleach suggestion: watch Barry. That show understands exactly what its characters do wrong and doesn’t let them off the hook for any of it. Great writing and acting, no rat tails.

20:10 WHY WOULD THEY EVEN WRITE THAT!?

fun fact: The Idol is not actually named after idols, but rather, is a portmanteau of the phrase "i don't like this", which is what you'll be saying when you watch the show

there's a way to write problematic characters without it feeling like the show itself is terrible but that would require the creators to have self-awareness

i really hate to do this to u but ima need that episode 4+5 video

For animation bliss eye bleach Across the Spider Verse is aesthetically 100% pure art inspiration straight to the veins. Phenomenal viewing experience, especially in how well it translates comic to movie. Mushishi, xxxHolic, and the work of director Satoshi Kon are some wonderous palette-cleansing favorites for standing out each in their own unique ways.

"this is the kind of found family where you might just want to lose them again" had me DYING 😭

The part where Jocelyn says “this is something no one is doing” & Nikki replies “ya there’s a reason no one is doing this” is actually so good & I wish Mr. Weekend & that Sam guy had someone around to shoot them down like that.

I recommend HeartStopper, especially as season 2 is being released around the corner. It's a lovely show about a young friend-group navigating queerness, social expectations, mental health and trauma. It's really good already and since I've read the Webcomic it's based on I know it'll only keep getting better

28:55 As someone whos mother has emotionally, verbally (and sometimes led to being physical) abused me for most of my life, holy shit if someone asked me these questions i think i would start screaming ☠️

That scene of Jocelyn at the music video shoot makes me so sad for what this show could have been because I bet that that is taken nearly unchanged from Amy Seimetz's script. It fits really well into the sort of show that she, and the rest of the original writers, cast, and crew were trying to tell - a story about the exploitation and dehumanisation of stars and the dark side of fame.

Not only has his performances in this show confirmed it, but the way Abel has been handling the crticism in interviews and on Twitter shows that he's simply not made to be a high-profile actor

I recommend the kdrama Little Women! I haven't seen past episode 6 yet but so far this kdrama has me in its grips when it comes to tone, cinematography and use of background music/soundtrack. Every episode feels almost movielike and the main characters feel so human, to the point of frustration sometimes haha. Every shot, every line feels so intentional and so carefully planned.

The idea of a vulnerable young woman become entangled with a cult could make for such compelling tv, but instead we get... this. Also, I feel dense for just now getting that the "idol" in the title is referring to Tedros, not the blonde (I can't remember her name)

I think what's really disappointing is that there are moments where you can see that this genuinely was going to be a really good show. If Jocelyn had remained the focus like originally intended I think we would all be having a very different conversation.

At the part she called out for her mum, I actually saw so much potential in this storyline.😢😢😢 and this show really has a problem of its side characters being so much more interesting than the main character

29:05 WHAT 😭 I’m so done and haven’t even watched it

19:27 not the Will Smith slap 😂😂😂

her crying out for her mom was so devastatingly real and heartbreaking. and the plot point of Dyanne replacing her!! like probably the only things remotely within the realm of actually interesting and worth pursuing. but no. we gotta sit through garbage instead

I think the big failure of the writing in this show is that no one falls into toxic situations knowingly. Tedros fails as a controlling abuser bc abusers are really charming when you first meet them. He's not supposed to be creepy from the jump 🙄

Patiently waiting for your next videos on this!

highly recommend gilmore girls, i'm currently rewatching it but savouring it slower and noticing smaller details that are so clever! it's cosy and wholesome (for the most part) and has comfort food-qualities. also you grow alongside the characters and see them as true people making mistakes as they make their way thru life. v v good for early 2000s nostalgia :)

10:30 was kinda heartbreaking. It really shows that if there was an actually good, functional script, Lily Rose would have killed it. I really want to see the original script that was written, because there is NO WAY Sam and Abel wrote that in. Thats a genuinely crushing scene if it was part of a good series

you can tell they blew the budget reshooting and casting all these celebrities. paired with the switch of director, i honestly have no clue why they thought this was a good idea to follow through on at all 😭

The best example I can think of when it comes to a portrayal of abuse that doesn’t glorify it, and centers the victim’s perspective is “twin peaks: fire walk with me.” It’s one of the most disturbing movies I’ve ever watched like it literally haunts me, but it’s extremely sensitive to Laura’s (the main character) plight, and it portrays her in sexual situations without turning her into an object for the camera. It’s from a completely different genre and time, but Sam Levinsen and The Weeknd could seriously take some notes from David Lynch on how to write disturbing stories about women who are abused without becoming the very thing they claim to critique. It will probably be a very confusing watch if you haven’t seen the first two seasons of twin peaks as it’s meant to be a prequel, and it’s also very strange and surreal, but I highly recommended fire walk with me if you want to watch some actual engaging and thoughtful art about abuse and exploitation.

I actually enjoy your reactions lmao I'm really looking forward to a last part talking about the last 2 episodes please do it !! ❤

I feel physically ill from the hairbrush thing. Like my stomach permanently rolled around. That scene made it from "just another bad show made by famous people" to "absolutely disgusting garbage"