![]() Zendaya continues her dazzling performance as Rue, whose rollercoaster relationship with Jules (Hunter Schafer) brilliantly captures the emotional center of the show. What had won the show critical acclaim has largely persisted: it has a good sense of not only eliciting emotive responses, but also utilizing cinematography with such dexterity that the audience becomes immersed in the Euphoric universe. To be sure, “Euphoria” is not the only show known to indulge in these elements in its storytelling. True to the “Euphoria” modus operandi, the scene features gushing blood from bullet wounds, an iconic female center, shockingly neglectful parenting and plenty of nudity, including an exposed penis (the first of many in the mere hour-long episode a later showing during a particular bathroom scene quickly ascended to Twitter sensation). In the Scorsesian opening scene of the new season, we are greeted with the backstory of one of season one’s supporting characters, Fezco (Angus Cloud), with Kathrine Narducci (of “The Irishman” and “The Sopranos”) as his gangster grandmother. But behind its usual instincts to horrify the pearl-clutching crowds, the sophomore season betrays an anxiety that “Euphoria,” having left its slick aftertaste in pop culture’s wake almost two years ago, is now struggling to say anything of substance. I binge-watched the entire series over break, tucked away in Southern California, the “Euphoria” locale whose flattering and unscrupulous reputations alike boast plenty of sex, violence and a specific strand of resplendent glamor.Īfter a two-year hiatus, the Sam Levinson drama returned with an unmistakable impulse to double down on shock value and gore. So much so that venturing to stomach this infamously dark HBO teen drama can seem positively masochistic at its core, “Euphoria” espouses a cataclysmic and gloomy logic that very much mirrors our own pandemic-infested times. The premiere of the second season of “Euphoria” finally hit television over winter break, at a similarly unhinged juncture in real life-quickly depleting stocks, COVID tests, soaring case loads and declining public trust. Content warning: The following contains discussions of sex, nudity and addiction as well as spoilers for the season two premiere of “Euphoria.”
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