HBO The Idol | The Weeknd & Lilly Rose Depp | Co created by Sam Levinson | Sunday 9PM

JCMojica24 · Jun 27, 2023

This show is so bad :rofl:

703 hwy · Jun 27, 2023

Definitely added “A Lesser Man” to the playlist :lol:

Belgium · Jun 27, 2023

“I’m ******* ****ting more blood than a kid on Epstein’s island” is truly amazing dialogue.

Arthur Shelby · Jun 27, 2023

deusavertat · Jun 27, 2023

Show went back to being bad episode 4 :lol:

but theres enough here to keep me watching.

she wildin for bring her ex over to smash like she isnt living with a crazy person. :lol:

Arthur Shelby · Jun 27, 2023

sn00pee · Jun 27, 2023

I wonder who smokes more, snoop or Mike, or wiz?

Mark Antony · Jun 27, 2023

Oof, did not know Weeknd's acting was that bad. Twitter trying hella hard to make this **** pop.

wavycrocket · Jun 28, 2023

Episode 4 is incredible

jape · Jun 28, 2023

honestly speaking this show is not good but intriguing. the weekend is just not believable.

haven't seen episode 4 yet though

703 hwy · Jun 28, 2023

deusavertat said:
Show went back to being bad episode 4 but theres enough here to keep me watching.

she wildin for bring her ex over to smash like she isnt living with a crazy person.

I just knew he was gonna bust in with the strap :lol:

wavycrocket · Jun 28, 2023

daruma said:
i guess it's iykyk. i haven't peeped any episodes yet but it's pretty much 50/50 on twitter. everyone in the industry seems to relate to it and everyone on the outside is just clowning "bad acting"

He’s playing the role perfectly. It’s intentional. How people are missing it for bad acting is beyond me.

wavycrocket · Jun 28, 2023

703 hwy said:
I just knew he was gonna bust in with the strap

Durag Weekend :pimp:

Him and the other brother running the house on the low :pimp:

And you see the sista

RustyShackleford · Jun 28, 2023

wavycrocket said:
He’s playing the role perfectly. It’s intentional. How people are missing it for bad acting is beyond me.

Because his acting is bad

jape · Jun 28, 2023

wavycrocket said:
He’s playing the role perfectly. It’s intentional. How people are missing it for bad acting is beyond me.

how you are missing the bad acting is beyond me

uncalled4boy · Jun 28, 2023

If The Show Is Not Enjoyable Or The Acting Is Laughable, Why Continue To Tune In?

sonoftony · Jun 28, 2023

Belgium · Jun 28, 2023

wavycrocket said:
He’s playing the role perfectly. It’s intentional. How people are missing it for bad acting is beyond me.

If his role is supposed to be an weirdo loser who watches 8 hours of porn a day and spends every minute desperately failing at trying to be a tough guy, sure
But I very much doubt that's the intention. His acting makes this character look like an incel's imagination of an edgy playboy crook.

daruma · Jun 28, 2023

Belgium said:
If his role is supposed to be an weirdo loser who watches 8 hours of porn a day and spends every minute desperately failing at trying to be a tough guy, sure
But I very much doubt that's the intention. His acting makes this character look like an incel's imagination of an edgy playboy crook.

The Weeknd Opens Up About His Controversial Sex Scenes in 'The Idol'

If you felt uncomfortable or grossed out, then that’s a good thing, he says.

www.gq.com

Yeah, that’s all intentional to heighten the camp of it all. But the reality is, there’s nothing really mysterious or hypnotizing about him. And we did that on purpose with his look, his outfits, his hair—the guy’s a douchebag. You can tell he cares so much about what he looks like, and he thinks he looks good. But then you see these weird moments of him alone—he rehearses, he’s calculated. And he needs to do that, or he has nothing, he’s pathetic. Which is true of a lot of people who are a fish out of water, put into these scenarios.

You look at him, and this is a score—Jocelyn might be the biggest score he’s ever had. It’s very obvious. He’s over-indulging, he walks into this house looking around like, Goddamn, am I way over my head? This can be the biggest job I’ve ever done. Whatever it is that he’s doing. Even the sex, it’s so gluttonous [laughs]. Especially in episode 2. ‘Gluttony’ is the only word I can think of [to describe it]. He can’t believe he’s there. He comes off like such a loser. Those moments are the humanity that you find in a psychopath, the ***** in his armor.

soooo i guess he's good at acting? :lol:

Arthur Shelby · Jun 28, 2023

The outrage and pushback is not all the way genuine :lol:

HBO had big production series that was boring and definitely with way less entertainment value didn’t get call out publicly

Weeknd acting the reason for all this :lol:

nah

RustyShackleford · Jun 28, 2023

Arthur Shelby said:
The outrage and pushback is not all the way genuine

HBO had big production series that was boring and definitely with way less entertainment value didn’t get call out publicly

Weeknd acting the reason for all this nah

Which series?

To me, a HBO drama not being up to expected quality usually gets public criticism.

Westworld got to of criticism for a fall off is quality

True Detective S2 got roasted for the fall off in quality, by critics and online.

Broadwalk Empire minor fall off got criticism

Fam, the biggest show they ever had, Game of Thrones, got roasted for its final season.

It seems to be that people that like this show are finding it easier to act like every person that criticizes this show is acting in bad faith.

Nah

Maybe some do, but this show has clear issues. A lot of them.

Belgium · Jun 28, 2023

daruma said:
The Weeknd Opens Up About His Controversial Sex Scenes in 'The Idol'

If you felt uncomfortable or grossed out, then that’s a good thing, he says.

www.gq.com

soooo i guess he's good at acting?

That's fine and all, but the dude in the show has a damn near cult around him.
The dialogue for his character definitely doesn't help but I don't think there's any multiverse where his influence and actions in the show come off as believable.

RustyShackleford · Jun 28, 2023

daruma said:
The Weeknd Opens Up About His Controversial Sex Scenes in 'The Idol'

If you felt uncomfortable or grossed out, then that’s a good thing, he says.

www.gq.com

soooo i guess he's good at acting?

They, that comment just makes the show look worse. And doesn't make his acting look better.

So Tedros is just a loser weirdo, and Weeknd is playing up the camp?

Well, the rest of the show isn't that campy. It is tryna be for comedic effect, they are falling at it severely. The only thing I found legit funny was the two maids talking in Spanish.

Even if that was Weeknd is going for, since apparently the cult leader thing is not gonna be used, all his scenes I just get the feeling that with better writing and a more skilled actor the scenes would be more impactful. Most of his scenes he just seems flat in them. Especially when he has to show a little bit of range.

Like with most things with this show, sounds good on paper. Doesn't look as good in motion.

wavycrocket · Jun 28, 2023

Belgium said:
That's fine and all, but the dude in the show has a damn near cult around him.
The dialogue for his character definitely doesn't help but I don't think there's any multiverse where his influence and actions in the show come off as believable.

Belgium said:
If his role is supposed to be an weirdo loser who watches 8 hours of porn a day and spends every minute desperately failing at trying to be a tough guy, sure
But I very much doubt that's the intention. His acting makes this character look like an incel's imagination of an edgy playboy crook.

There are legit, multiple real world examples of this :lol: