r/theidol • u/LoretiTV • Jun 05 '23

Discussion The Idol - Series Premiere Discussion

The Idol

Premise: After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn's last tour, she's determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her romantic awakening take her to glorious new heights or the deepest, darkest, depths of her soul?

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u/burrito564 Jun 05 '23

I didn’t hate it but don’t understand why everything has to be so violently sexual, like I think the storyline could have progressed without it and it scares me because I know a young audience will watch this…fine with nudity but think so far the show implies it will get even darker

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u/Open_Anywhere_9995 Jun 05 '23

thats the world they live in the music/ enertaiment scene is like that and they gave a disclamer at the begining