I’m also intrigued by the mystery surrounding Tedros, who near immediately raises the suspicions of Azaria’s character, Jocelyn’s best friend/assistant ( Rachel Sennott), and a handler played with pepper by Da’Vine Joy Randolph. There’s a slight awkwardness, too, as if Levinson and his actors are talking dirty for the very first time. But there’s something oddly prosaic about what I’ve seen so far. It is certainly trying hard to shock and titillate us. Ahead of its premiere, The Idol was whispered about as a very risqué show.
A solid portion of the first two episodes involves Jocelyn and Tedros beginning a mildly BDSM affair, something of the 50 Shades variety shot through with nighttime Los Angeles gleam. Tedros’s ultimate aims remain unclear, but one short term goal is quite obviously seduction. Unmoored without her mother, Jocelyn is a prime target for some kind of calculating Svengali, which is exactly who Abel Tesfaye’s shifty nightclub owner, Tedros Tedros, seems to be-based on the two episodes screened on Monday night, anyway.
A highly sexual photo taken by a past lover has leaked online, complicating her image overhaul campaign, much to the consternation of her management team (played, among others, by Hank Azaria, Troye Sivan, and a blistering Jane Adams.) A new single and a world tour are in the offing, but Jocelyn is not sure she’s headed in the right direction. Her mother died a year before the show’s action, sending her into a tailspin that she’s only just recently climbed out of. His subject this time is Jocelyn ( Lily-Rose Depp), a mega pop star in an uncertain career era.
He’s also a leerer, steadfastly dedicated to showing young actresses in various states of arousal or despair. Levinson, who rose to TV auteur fame with HBO’s Euphoria, is a high stylist, as (if not more) concerned with vibes as he is with story.
Granted, Sam Levinson’s The Idol (on HBO June 4) is more cinematic than your standard small-screen fare. It’s a sign of the times that one of the buzziest and biggest premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is a TV show.
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