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1 hour ago, jomarr said:

Why are people saying Abel is ugly on this thread… he’s not my cup of tea but he definitely has looks

Yeah scary looks.

 

The man is simply not attractive. It’s ok that he’s found success due to vocal talent and subject matter of his songs. That’s good enough. 

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I was blown away by Lily's acting. So natural

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11 hours ago, teresaguidice said:

those are just the linear tv numbers, right? it's really only the max streaming numbers that matter here in terms of renewal.

Wrong those are the tv plus streaming 

 

232k for tv debut

 

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the first episode was BORING.. hopefully it gets better. I said the same thing with Euphoria.

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2 hours ago, Right Now said:

Yeah scary looks. 

:deadbanana2:

spill sis

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I truly think Abel is hot, he’s not like Henry Cavill or Michael B Jordan, but the man is objectively attractive even if he’s not your type :skull: 

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The Pilot was bad but there was barely any sex in it :rip:

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I wanted to love this but the pilot was so boring and empty. :rip:  This should should have been way more fun.

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5 hours ago, EmailMySwift said:

The Pilot was bad but there was barely any sex in it :rip:

yeah their was no need for it. nor the excessive nudity? i get it that lily rose is an adult but jesus christ this is giving for the straight male gaze only. how much was she paid for this? :deadbanana4: she literally feels like a prop exploited for the plot but sam levinson fans will be like Bu+ +h@t$ +H3 p0iN+ cringe

5 hours ago, Pop said:

I wanted to love this but the pilot was so boring and empty. :rip:  This should should have been way more fun.

yeah its trying to make us and taking itself very seirously but because its so vapidly pretentious one simply cannot. how did lily agree to this and was so comfortable with this? sam's need for gratuitous nudity from his female cast members is a red flag. him having a lens for trauma porn is problematic

9 hours ago, Right Now said:

Yeah scary looks.

 

The man is simply not attractive. It’s ok that he’s found success due to vocal talent and subject matter of his songs. That’s good enough. 

he can look quite handsome when he wants to be. he just chooses not be. makes sense especially in this role when he's meant to be a groomer/creep

 

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why did the critics said this was gross. the cum picture wasn't even that graphic, it reminds me of a Miley Cyrus album cover. I-:rip:

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the way that this is trying to be oh so progressive with its commentary when the content itself is what the issue is with society Dx

 

this being "loosely britney spears esque" is also gross. she was literally exploited and abused essentially for profit but sam and co thought let's make this into a tv show??? Dx thank god britney is not on the soundtrack

 

not lily showing more nudity than having lines :deadbanana4:

 

yikes at y'all being so desensitized to sam's trauma porn style of filming that y'all are disappointed at how "overblown and tame" this was  

 

unfortunately this actually had the potential because their is an interesting story to be told but the way that they're going about it is not. if this would've played straight forward like her being plucked from obscurity then groomed into her debut, her transition good to bad girl era, the rise, peak then fall, comeback and cemented legacy could've been covered in 3 seasons and actually been something worthwhile

 

this is something that looks good to cover up the fact that it's not as deep as it's making itself out to be

 

the way that the weeknd is essentially playing himself and yet is so bad at it is sending me

 

16 minutes ago, Margaux said:

why did the critics said this was gross. the cum picture wasn't even that graphic, it reminds me of a Miley Cyrus album cover. I-:rip:

because it literally is. we're literally watching the relationship between a predator and a popstar be romanticized through the eyes of the straight male gaze. you shouldn't be so comfortable ...

 

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7 hours ago, Relampago. said:

I truly think Abel is hot, he’s not like Henry Cavill or Michael B Jordan, but the man is objectively attractive even if he’s not your type :skull: 

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@The Witch are we hate-streaming? 

 

 

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I for one found it to be very entertaining till Abel showed up... then it took a nose dive straight to ground zero :deadbanana4:

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3 hours ago, SchmoodRing said:

 

 

because it literally is. we're literally watching the relationship between a predator and a popstar be romanticized through the eyes of the straight male gaze. you shouldn't be so comfortable ...

 

you just described hollywood in a nutshell. it’s not butterflies and rainbows. it isn’t exactly forgiving to women too. 

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13 hours ago, Delirious said:

I was blown away by Lily's acting. So natural

The intro alone :jonny5:

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it was boring, sorry

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It starts very promising, the cinematography and the acting (aside Abel who appeared for like 15 minutes tops) are great. The story needs time to develop. The hate campaign is just ridiculous.

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The pilot was absolute trash all around. Script was dumb, pretentious, and just so badly written overall. Editing had very interesting choices. The acting from most characters :rip:  I was rooting for this as an Abel fan but :rip: 

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How did this get greenlit into production it’s a whole damn mess 

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6 hours ago, Reverse Warholian said:

@The Witch are we hate-streaming? 

 

 

It's unfortunate because Lily Rose is actually giving us a good performance. Hope that this gives her more opportunities for her in the long run. Jennie is showing promise. Abel should never act ever again. 

5 hours ago, James_Dean said:

I for one found it to be very entertaining till Abel showed up... then it took a nose dive straight to ground zero :deadbanana4:

Yeah this just proves that him and Sam taking over to making this a love story to feature Abel’s character more is such a misstep. A female led story as specific as this should be driven my women behind the scenes too from the directors and writers etc. You can literally see how it became something else once Sam and Abel took creative control.

4 hours ago, Margaux said:

you just described hollywood in a nutshell. it’s not butterflies and rainbows. it isn’t exactly forgiving to women too. 

Understood but theirs a way to go about this while both exposing the truth and still telling a story with integrity and worthwhile. 

 

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Ok I actually didn’t hate this but the shift in the middle of the episode was so jarring.

 

I liked the beginning with Jocelyn’s team trading “provocative” dumb insights as she’s doing a topless photoshoot and living the ultimate early 2000s pop hoe fantasy. But then Abel enters at the club and the script goes off the rails into absurdity, and he can’t act at all. It makes me want them to really lean in to the Showgirls-esque campness and ridiculousness instead of pretending they’re actually unraveling some dark truth about stardom which we’ve seen a million times. I find Lily Rose to be decent but she’s a bit of a charisma vacuum so it feels very far-fetched that Jocelyn would be a massive star especially during the TikTok “relatability” era, but I found that kind of refreshing? Like it’s what a straight man like Sam Levinson thinks passes as a popstar in 2023 but would never actually be, as if Addison Rae was actually a chart topper. Nonetheless, I am perched if they keep the idiocy up.

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20 hours ago, ptolemaea said:

Abel is too short, pudgy and homely to pull off this ~dark and mysterious~ character. No one's buying it.

Yeah I audibly burst out laughing at the scene of him showing up at her driveway. Like they can’t actually think we’ll believe him as some menacing devilish svengali :skull: Girl it was camp.

 

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@madonnas So curious about your thoughts on this. I’m getting a light Showgirls tea so far.

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11 hours ago, Reverse Warholian said:

@The Witch are we hate-streaming? 

 

 

I haven't seen it yet but I kinda stan Lily, so yes we are :clap3:

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On 6/6/2023 at 11:35 AM, jomarr said:

Why are people saying Abel is ugly

Because it's true

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