highly-anticipated HBO drama finally dropped last night, and the premiere episode has left viewers aghast.The jaw-dropping pilot’s sexually explicit 60 minutes is full of scenes showing Depp’s character aggressively masturbating and going nude for a photo shoot.Watchers across social media have scourged the series, touching upon Depp and Tesfaye’s acting skills — and a whole lot more.“#THEIDOL sucks.
Bad dialogues, nudity,” wrote one Twitter user, conceding that Depp’s performance was “impressive.”Not everyone was so impressed. “Lily Rose Depp can’t act.
THE IDOL sucks as much as In-N-Out does,” an angry fan tweeted, referring to the notorious West Coast burger chain. “Girl I’m ten minutes in and this writing is absolutely terrible.
It’s also like I can tell they’re acting,” a person chimed in. Someone else obliterated the show, blasting the stars and creator Sam Levinson, the mind behind HBO’s other controversial series “Euphoria.”” ‘The Idol’ is simultaneously awful self-parody, a pretentious art project, and grotesquely exploitative of its subject matter,” they stated. “Sam Levinson’s dialogue is about as natural as a chicken nugget.
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