This show is the epitome of “women empowerment written by and for the male gaze”

A woman would only ever say "I like that he has rapey vibes" when that woman is written by a man. No exceptions. Even women with CNC kinks don't like men with rapey vibes.

Her team just sitting around watching her dance to her own moaning sounds is the funniest shit I’ve ever seen

Time to thank carly again for taking literal years off her lifespan so that we may be entertained for 23 minutes and 27 seconds

My problem with the sexism on the show is that they don’t always realize when they’re being sexist. Like with the intimacy coordinator and the release form for nudity, when you remember that Sydney Sweeney said in an interview after season one of Euphoria that she required there be less gratuitous nudity in season two, you realize Sam Levinson isn’t in on his show’s own joke.

"Stop method acting, just learn your lines" is VERY similar to what my acting teacher says about method acting: "Have you ever tried, you know, *acting*?"

“I don’t think sex is for me” was exactly my reaction to watching this.

The scene of her sexy dancing in front of her whole confused team is so fucking funny in isolation

the weeknd fired the originally female director when it was mostly finished for showing "too much of the female perspective" and then hired sam levinson for a show commenting on the objectification of women...who is a director known for objectifying women? it's just so off. esp when they clown on the intimacy coordinator who is the one protecting people's safety lol and then have all those nude scenes

Carly and D’Angelo saving us from watching this absolute monstrosity 😔🙏 These girlies are truly braver than the troops 🫡

If the show was self aware it would be so funny but with how the weekend talks about the show and the fact that he pushed for more screen time of his character and how self involved he is in the whole thing I don't think it's ironic

I think the issue with the show, and the divide that you see between it being a comedy and a sexy, psychological thriller, is the fact that it was written to be ironic and parodying the things that women go through, but Sam Levinson either wasn’t in on the joke, or didn’t know how to execute it properly.

I'm so glad we are finally starting to call out men being abusive and selfish under the guise of "method acting".

The fact that our main character is not only exploited in every way possible: within the storyline (manipulated, abused, etc) but also physically exploited in the depiction of the character being constantly naked and over-sexualized.. highlights the inequity of it all because the weekend does not even appear shirtless once. I’m not particularly interested in seeing his body but this upsets me because it makes it so plain that this show was crafted for the male gaze, not at all for a female audience. I mean the weekend even stated a long time ago that Levinson was brought on the show because the show was giving too much of a female perspective. How insulting? The main character is a woman! Heck, the writing choices like when Jocelyn says that she likes that Tedros is rapey- beyond offensive, disgusting. Which is why I refuse to give the show anymore views on my end, I’ll only watch via commentary videos moving forward. The content creators mainly enjoying this have been men I’ve noticed, and that makes perfect sense to me.

i could see the show being satire if Sam Levinson wasn't an actual psycho. Out of context, sure, but I j dont have faith in Sam, locking an intamcy coordinator (a very important job on any media set) in a broom closet, and not remember the controversy surroudning euphprias explicit scenes and wonder what stories those coordinators have to share.

this show fascinates me because in trying to be a satirical social commentary it just morphed into being the very thing it was trying to portray which is both funny and absolutely horrifying

I haven’t watched a single second of this show, but I’ve watched every KZfaq video covering it because I’m fascinated by pop culture disasters. I appreciate you and every other KZfaqr who’s watched this show so I don’t have to!

Despite all the show's flaws, Lilly-Rose Depp shows a lot of promise. With better writers in her corner, she could have a stellar career.

carley is our real idol here for putting herself through the shackles of hell for us

not sure if your aware but the biggest problem is that the show was originally completely different it was originally directed by amy seimetz and the cult aka the weeknds character was a minor part of the show it mainly focused on Jocelyn and satirize how exploited women are in the industry but the weeknds dumbass said this is too much of a female perspective sam Levinson was originally a producer but they decided out with amy in with sam scraped a full 6 episodes they filmed literally wasted 75million dollars all for it to become this hypersexual male gaze and of course hbo went a long because sam is now their pride and glory due to euphoria plenty of crew members anonymously shaded sam for turning the show into exactly what is what satirizing i feel like the few good scenes we get is what the show was originally aiming for although i agree the media has pushed people to shit on the show i think it's fucking deserved

Girlie you’re so brave and we don’t deserve this gift but we’re all unwrapping anyway 😌

I actually met a few lighting guys who worked on this. From what they told me, they basically just started the day waiting around on their phones for 5 hours because no one had the pages they were shooting that day or they would get a setup built but then Levinson would change his mind about the blocking and they’d have to take it all down rearrange it. They also said a lot of the supporting cast didn’t get the pages either until right before their scenes so if it seems like they just learned their lines 10 minutes before the take, that’s basically what happened. The hours were terrible but from what he told me, he and the rest of his the crew made bank off of the inflated overtime pay.

she talked about Lily rose and said 'she had a breakdown last year because her mother died of cancer' and I legit felt my soul leaving my body cuz for a moment I though Vanessa Paradis died

the idol is entirely captured through the male gaze and omg ew ew ew

Literally I wish this show was a comedy so bad because that scene with the team so so painful it was funny

I’m worried that Euphoria Guy feels that way about intimacy coordinators.

a prayer for carley's therapist for treating a level of ptsd rarely seen outside POWs, just so we can get great content

I completely agree - I think it could be honestly such a good show if they just embraced more the comedy aspects (and possibly edited out a lot of those sex scenes).

You ever notice how it seems to be almost exclusively men with boundary issues that are really into method acting? That’s interesting . . . Also, as a sex having individual, just hearing about the sex scenes from this show caused my vagina to make the old school Windows Shut Down noise because NO THANK YOU. Anyway, I do hope you recap the remaining episodes because your commentary is priceless, but I would also understand if you couldn’t take that much more psychological damage.

at first i thought Levinson wanted to do a lolita type of thing where its from the perspective of the abuser, but as the show progressed it became clear that that was NOT the intention and they just wanted to make a raunchy show for shock value

you are so brave for doing this for us … i’m very sorry you had to put yourself through this horrible situation but also thank you for the laughs

The thing is it was supposed to be directed by a woman and be all about women and the industry, BUT the Weeknd wanted it to be less woke and decided to fire her or whatever. So Sam leviweirdenson stepped in and added every perverted fantasy he couldn't shoot on euphoria.

The scene you showed where she shows off the moany song just....I agree so much. Like that's comedy baby. That's the most uncomfortable workplace mockumentary moment energy ever. I would highkey watch a dark comedy of the people who work for/with a deranged celebrity who, as time goes on, keeps losing it more and more. And like the manager and assistant and agent just have to like ...keep accepting it bc they don't really feel like job hunting again😂😂😂

As an asexual, your “I LOVE sex 🥴” line really made me laugh 😂👌

I would recommend to watch it as a comedy especially when the weeknd appears on the screen, its so funny how bad he is no wonder he had to produce this nightmare fuel because no normal director could work with someone with such a massive ego and poor acting skills lol

Abel said before that Tedros was supposed to be a gross man that makes us disgusted. If this really was the intention, he definitely succeeded! (Also, I love how you keep calling Jennie's character Jennie)

I personally think Lily Rose Depp looks like a melted version of you? I'm being honest here. Don't undersell yourself!

I will not watch this show, but I will watch Carley breakdown the episodes.

Honestly what really disgusts me is the fact that the weekend insisted on being on the show when he clearly has no passion or skills for acting. The script sucks but I feel like the show could have still passed as somewhat mediocre if they replaced the weekend with someone who actually knows how to act. I don't know why he couldn't have just limited his role to just a producer or something. Because it truly just seems like he was looking for an excuse to play out a fantasy on screen where a bunch of people worshiped him and he got to abuse and have sex with an actress like LRD.

The Weeknd said that the show is experimental and it was their intention to play around with genre. It’s straddling between satirical comedy and erotic thriller, but people aren’t finding the blend clever or innovative, they’re just finding it confusing. They’re finding the politics of the show confusing too. Is it actually trying to say anything intelligent about sexualising women, abuse & exploitation? It’s got people saying it’s a step backwards for addressing those things. What a mess! 😅

I think you might have missed this but in Ep 3 there's literally a horrific "joke" about the child victims of E***ein's island. Yeah, screw this show.

finally someone who can address this topic and make it funny. love your videos.

girl you deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for this humanitarian work here

i think the most insane thing to me is that the weekend fired the female director because he didn’t like that the show was taking such a female perspective when the original plot was about a woman’s experience. he’s the one who okay’ed this new take on the message.

to be honest i wonder if the two different tones are the outcome of them making the decision to switch from a female narrated perspective to whatever sam levinson was trying to do. the comedic perspective especially really felt like it was leftover from how the show was supposed to be all the way through, however when you get to the darker scenes it just reads like euphoria reject scenes honestly. it just makes me so sad that we could've had something so much better than this but sick men just have to play out their sick fantasies and don't actually care about making the highest quality art possible.

the scene of her dancing to her remix got such a great laugh out of me

You're our strongest soldier my god it seems impossible to actually sit down and watch the whole show

So far, from what I’ve heard, dropping Sam Levinson and The Weeknd would literally save the show. Literally that’s it. Crazy

The intimacy coordinator scene came off as really sinister to me, it seemed like the show wanted to paint the role in a bad light. Intimacy coordinators exist to make sure actors are not being pressured into exposing more of themselves than they really want. It's an important job that protects actors, it makes sure they won't regret filming a nude scene by giving them enough time to consider it before hand. Its a bit concerning that it seems like Sam Levinson does not like them considering how much nudity was in euphoria. I makes me wonder if there was a intimacy coordinator on the set of euphoria that stopped him from doing short notice nude scenes that the actors hadn't had appropriate time to prepare for and that's why he has a bone to pick with them. Idk it just seemed like the show made the coordinator out to be some prude that won't let Jocelyn to do what she wants with her body and wants to audience to not like him as a way to sow doubt about the job as a whole. I feel like Levinson had alterior motives when he wrote that scene.

thank you for putting yourself through this so we didn’t have to bestie, we’ll pay for your therapy

"I do not care if i get copy righted..." i thought you were insane until i saw the scene and laughted so hard.

THANK YOU! you're the only one who got the point of "it's supposed to make you feel weird. CUZ HE'S THE BAD GUY" the problem for me isn't the story. The problem is the amount of sex scenes and how long they are. We don't need THAT much exposition to understand a concept.

as someone who studied film, you don't need to be somewhat qualified in film to have an opinion or criticism of it, there's film for the masses and there's film for festival/art, this one definitely was made for the masses, which is everyone, so there's no need to feel bad about making jokes or criticism about it

you being the actual IDOL in the whole entire video

Your impersonation of her breathing after the hole in the plastic bag killed me. Hahahaha

The idol it's basically a bad +18 wattpad fanfic made by the weeknd and Sam Levinson

Locking the intimacy coordinator in a closet probably meets the statutory definition of kidnapping in California. Excited to see how the show will do nothing about that

finally a review of the show that points out how silly and goofy it can be. we need more of that and less rat tail

every few minutes my jaw just dropped with the plot presented to me. thank u for sacrificing yourself to relay this horrible information to us

This show is literal Trauma. I’m sending my therapy bill to HBO Max.

I laughed way too hard at “ello sistah” 😂 was not expecting that & then the image of troian saying it lol

the fact that the intimacy coordinator is the villain in a sam levinson show is a little sketchy!

I’ve watched SEVERAL videos about this show, and yet - the only thing I ever remember is the ice cube thing. It just feels so off the wall and so forgettable

The weeknd owes us all free therapy and it better aint in a form of a betterhelp coupon🥴

i can never see the weekend the same again😭

The way I had to bury my face in a pillow and scream from sheer EMBARRASSMENT on the clip with "Tedros version" 😂 Did I want to laugh? Did I want to cry? Did I want to disappear from the face of this earth? Idk, all of the above I guess. Also, now I'm fully invested in this show without having watched it, so I'm begging you to make a part 2 👏

A brave queen. Everyone and their mother is slating this show and I have never been happier.😊

Just to touch on the brutalization idea: I feel like if as a commentary about the abuse and over sexualization of women by powerful men in Hollywood, it maybe shouldn’t have the oversexualization and mistreatment of women by powerful men in Hollywood behind the scenes. Like any commentary/empowerment message is immediately discredited by the fact that it’s made by Sam Levinson and the weeknd, both of whom had pretty much all creative control and who held all the power in the situation. :(

“ever since finding out the idol is probably just the weeknd’s selena gomez fanfic i haven’t been able to sleep”

I am obsessed with your commentary, humor, and videos. Also, I've never been recommended so many phenomenal books with such range. Never stop, please!

these are the services we live for, Carley

this show is viciously disturbing yet i continue to tune in each week 😭 it’s like a car crash you can’t look away from

carley said i will suffer and take years off of my life for your entertainment and that is a TRUE girlboss

idk about anyone else but i got a perfectly timed ad when you said “youtube is trying to stop me from speaking the truth” *chefs kiss*

The fact that a lot of people are afraid of criticizing The Idol, only because it was selected by the Festival de Cannes is worrying (specially because of the similarities the show’s language shares with Triangle of Sadness, which was also selected at the festival, and had pretty much the same criticism as this one - trying to be ironic but not in on the joke) It’s giving me Last Tango in Paris vibes 😢 specially because the female director dropped out… Film is made for the public, if the public doesn’t like it, it says something about it Speaking as a filmmaker by the way 😂

you know we're in the bad place cus if we weren't, we would've gotten the original version of what this show was supposed to be, viewed through a woman's lens and perspective.

i'm a freak (tedros version ) 😂😂😂 i died .

I hate the mere sight of this show but i'd watch anything with you in it queen ❤

you are this generations hero bc i want to hate on the show SO BAD but i refuse to give them money by hate watching it so.... thanks Carley, hope it was worth the years off your lifespan!!!!

This show is bad because theyre consistency misogynistic and yet they claim theyre doing it for "satire". This show originally belonged to a woman who wanted to tell the story of trauma from the point of view of a starlette. However the weeknd and SL ruined it and said it was "too much of a female point of view"

THANK YOU. For giving a non biased review. About👏time👏we👏got👏one👏 nobody even mentions the comedic aspects of the show.

The part about the hairbrush is just...... I have no words.

Carley saying she's not a film bro hurted my feelings,

i am so desperate for this show to magically turn around somehow

"Tedrose has the charisma of a box of hair" is one of the funniest roasts I've ever heard.

OMG you are so brave! We are here for you if you need support

It seems like a car crash that we can't look away from because it's so horrific and keeps getting worse.

omg PLEASE review the rest this is everything

There was no way I was gonna watch this trainwreck but im eating this video UP! Thank you for your service queen

Thank you for making a video on this and for actually talking about the show and going through the episodes and sharing your thoughts and not just reading the same three viral articles like every other videos i I watched

i feel like the weeknd was playing himself as Tedros and still flopped

Uncarly being unable to say two sentences in a row without using an absurd reference is what I live for

I’m normally someone who can watch just about anything, but the first ten minutes of the idol were so excruciating I had to turn it off. Thank you for your service

PLEASE keep watching and updating as episodes come out!!! this was hilarious and im even watching the show. you said exactly what i was thinking hahahaha

Intimacy co-ordinators from Euphoria: "Wait, is this fucking play about us?"

“I have *something*, but it’s not… that.” Girl, same.

“Are you keeping track? The show is nine different shows…. keep track of through lines, baby!” Sent meeee

Always so grateful for the good work you do here.

my life flashed before my eyes when you brought up the hair brush

thank you, that's all i needed to know about the show haha your jokes make it more bearable and i cant wait for the summary of the next ones!