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Oblique Irony's avatar

"HBO Max’s The Idol, a deeply underappreciated examination of modern celebrity in which she plays a pop star in a tailspin"

C'mon man that show was steaming garbage. It made me angry at Hank Azaria and Jane Adams and that's saying something. The only beam of light was Suzanna Son's songwriting character, and even that was a sleazy-chic MPDG trope, rescued by the actor's chops (and pipes).

With that off my chest, I would read a defense of the show, but yikes that is a tall task.

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Eric B's avatar

The Idol was awful. At first I thought it was going to be terrifying, fearing the next to occur would be more horrid than the last, but it descended into silliness that barely merited a shrug.

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