When the first episode debuted, and we were promised the most shocking show of the year, it was inconceivable to think that this is where we would end up. She has made a decent comeback single and is doing the tour that was planned all along. But by the end of the series, we are left with a pop star who is much as we found her, except with a boyfriend. That Jocelyn (Depp) may be turning the tables on Tedros (Tesfaye), with Azaria’s character, Chaim, seemingly warning Tedros of the potential consequences of his actions, via a speech that twists Little Red Riding Hood into a dark tale involving the little girl cutting open the wolf and stitching rocks into his belly. There are hints early on that something larger may be afoot. But nothing can prepare you to be so incredibly bored.įive episodes in, we are left with the dampest squib of a finale. After all the sex, nudity, swearing and scandal surrounding The Idol, we were braced to be shocked. Instead, we get the limp, glazed-over, chain-smoking nothingness of Lily-Rose Depp and a performance from Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye that should be tried at The Hague. Giant budget aside, post-Britney Spears, Kesha and Amy Winehouse, it’s high time to satirise pop starlet tragedies – and with this production featuring Hank Azaria, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Hari Nef and Rachel Sennott, it had more than enough talent to do so. It is not just that The Idol is one of the worst programmes ever made – it’s also possibly the most squandered opportunity ever. After all, if sex on screen can facilitate a show this terrible, maybe it’s worth embracing televisual celibacy. Until, that is, I started watching The Idol, which makes it hard not to join the ranks of this new wave of prudes. My position has always been that sex is part of life – and art should be able to depict all of life’s foibles. The arguments against on-screen sex and nudity are a many-headed hydra of puritanism: they are unnecessary, they rarely serve the plot and making acting co-workers recreate intimacy is fundamentally icky. Getting rid of sex scenes is a debate that rears its ugly head among film and TV fans time and time again.
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