The Idol’s latest trailer feels pretty tryhard

/ Everything about The Idol’s latest trailer makes it seem like the show’s creators might not exactly know how to tell a story about seduction, desire, and power.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

The Idol co-creators Sam Levinson and The Weeknd have spent the past few months insisting that their upcoming Max series is really a provocative piece of heightened commentary about the perils of fame rather than the self-indulgent piece of “torture porn” it’s been accused of being. The Idol’s

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