![]() ![]() The show’s situation inside this canon places it alongside similar media, such as Skins (2007), Gossip Girl (2007), and the controversial cult classic Kids (1995). Plotlines are racy, raucous and romanticised, where perhaps they shouldn’t be. ![]() Sydney Sweeney’s Cassie gets tangled up in a steamy affair with her best friend Maddy’s (Alexa Demie) abusive ex-boyfriend. Rue (Zendaya) lands herself in the middle of a $10,000 drug deal at the ripe old age of seventeen. Immediately, the show inserted itself into the canon of what you might call “teenagers-screwing-around-and-screwing-up” media. “Plotlines are racy, raucous and romanticised, where perhaps they shouldn’t be” Euphoria has young people in a cultural chokehold, and I felt it close its grip on me once I watched season one and the first three episodes of the second season. However, it was impossible to cast aside the onslaught of social media posts that mostly detailed the show’s fashionable cast, its dazzling costume and makeup design, and its contemporary soundtrack with artists such as Labrinth, Migos or Megan Thee Stallion. ![]() I had not watched Euphoria before largely, I had cast it aside upon hearing the accusations of its hyperbolism, its romanticisation of addiction, and its unrealism. Now, more than ever, with the Euphoria season two premiere bringing in two and a half million viewers, young people are clearly aching to see validation of their struggles on their TV or laptop screens. Teenage hedonism, with its thematic ability to shock and disgust, has concerned the mediums of film and TV for decades. Content note: This article contains brief mentions of sexual assault and drug use, as well as spoilers for the show ![]()
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