All about The Weeknd’s series

Sculpture. Director: Sam Levinson. Together Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp, Jenny Kim, Hank Azaria(Series, 5 episodes, on Sky and Streaming Now)

was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival, now called a few tones Publicity and what was once called advertising, Sculpture Would like to be the TV scandal of the season. First reactions based on the first and second episodes have been overwhelming, but devastating enough to spark a fervent curiosity to see more of this series, at least not to be shut out of the conversation.

The protagonist is the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. She plays Jocelyn, better known as Joss, who would be the “idol” of the title, a pop singer, almost an updated version of Britney Spears or maybe a dirty and troubled version of Taylor Swift.

director is sam levinson Excitement and as Excitement His gaze on women is always a bit sick and predatory. Levinson took over from director Amy Semeltz after creative disagreements that arguably deserved a better reason. However, the Levinson treatment introduced a lot of sex: masturbation, nudity, kinky, nothing missing, all steeped in a kind of parody of the music industry (which seems to have been the real focus of Semeltz’s version) and How does it exploit this star. From the very first scene, we see the cynical behavior of those who shun showbiz (or rather, behind their backs). The nostalgia of baboon boomers is tarnished, remembering the old days when everyone had sex with everyone and maybe even at the office. She mocks the contradictions of the “new” rules: the intimacy coordinator on Joss’s photographic set who wants to cover her breasts, which she is more than happy to show, like Brigitte Bardot (who is mentioned) in her first topless In.

But nostalgic references to an adult audience are constant: Madonna and Prince are mentioned within the first thirty minutes Jose watches on TV. basic Instinct, a film released seven years before Lily-Rose Depp was born. he even bears his name loving you is lovely Child by Donna Summer.

I don’t know if these antiques will say anything to younger audiences, who are probably more interested in K-pop group Blackpink’s Jennie Kim (in a supporting role) and the male lead (and co-producer and co-writer): Abel Tesfaye. better known as The Weeknd, better known as a singer. Here he plays the man to whom Joss, the poor star, unexpectedly loses her head: he’s a dangerous manipulator, a cross between the guy in shades of gray and a killer à la Charles Manson. help.