It calls for raw performances from both of its main actors, but maybe especially from recent Emmy winner Zendaya, who must do the opposite of what she did at the end of that finale: be physically still while simultaneously conveying and containing the pain that put Rue, still a little wasted, in front of a plate of pancakes, in a mostly empty diner, on the night before Christmas. This one-off Euphoria Christmas special, which will be followed by another stand-alone installment (release date still TBA), is a bottle episode and the most stripped-down the show has ever been in its young life. Aside from a brief fantasy sequence in which Rue is living some happy, normal life with Jules (Hunter Schafer), she spends the entire episode in conversation with her sponsor Ali (Colman Domingo) in a diner on Christmas Eve. In the Euphoria special episode that aired Sunday night on HBO, Rue’s glitter has been wiped away completely, even though she’s still wearing the burgundy hoodie she had on in her music-video version of rock bottom. Because Euphoria is Euphoria, that relapse, which closed the season-one finale, assumed the form of a gritty Beyoncé video, with Rue, eyelids all aglitter, floating through a choreographed routine alongside a crew of similarly dressed dancers who supported her physically as she spiritually disconnected. The last time we saw Zendaya as Rue on Euphoria, she was in the middle of a drug relapse. The 37-year-old added that he’s now been clean for 14 years.The one-off Euphoria special wipes away the glitter of the season-one finale for an unfussy episode that highlights the nuance of Zendaya’s performance as Rue. I was a drug addict, and I’d take anything and everything until I couldn’t hear or breathe or feel,” said the co-creator, director and producer in a 2019 interview with Variety. “I spent the majority of my teenage years in and out of hospitals, rehabs and halfway houses. ![]() Levinson has said elsewhere that Rue’s journey mirrors his own growing up. Zendaya, 25, stars in “Euphoria” as its 17-year-old protagonist and narrator Rue Bennett. And they’re like, ‘Wow, this is authentic. “We need to see this Bennett family really go through it because that’s the only way the audience and people who are also going through this in real life understand. Nika King, who plays the mom Leslie Bennett to Zendaya’s Rue, agrees the subject matter “ definitely not pretty” in her conversation with Entertainment Weekly, but that showrunner Sam Levinson thought it was important to explore and “be seen.” ![]() They continued, “It is unfortunate that HBO, social media, television program reviewers, and paid advertising have chosen to refer to the show as ‘groundbreaking,’ rather than recognizing the potential negative consequences on school-age children who today face unparalleled risks and mental health challenges.” Now in its second season, HBO’s “Euphoria” follows a group of troubled teens as they navigate the challenges of school, peer pressure and youth addiction. “Rather than further each parent’s desire to keep their children safe from the potentially horrific consequences of drug abuse and other high-risk behavior, HBO’s television drama, ‘Euphoria,’ chooses to misguidedly glorify and erroneously depict high school student drug use, addiction, anonymous sex, violence, and other destructive behaviors as common and widespread in today’s world,” D.A.R.E. has said that the show inherently normalizes teen drug abuse by depicting it as a typical extracurricular activity among high schoolers. ![]() “And maybe feel like they’re not the only one going through or dealing with what they’re dealing with.”īut D.A.R.E. ![]() If anything, the feeling behind ‘Euphoria,’ or whatever we have always been trying to do with it, is to hopefully help people feel a little bit less alone in their experience and their pain,” the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actress told the outlet. “Our show is in no way a moral tale to teach people how to live their life or what they should be doing. Zendaya, 25, has since come out to defend the show in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly. The anti-drug education group founded nearly 40 years ago released a statement late last month to warn against the racy teen drama, now in its second season, that has “misguidedly and erroneously” depicted high school drug use. slammed the hit HBO series for “glorifying” drug use. “Euphoria” isn’t a “moral tale,” said its star Zendaya after D.A.R.E. Sydney Sweeney is ready for Hot Girl Summerīarbie Ferreira reveals why she left ‘Euphoria’: ‘Fat best friend’ stereotype Sydney Sweeney reveals how her family feels about her steamy ‘Euphoria’ scenes New HBO series ‘The Idol’ slammed: ‘I hope Lily-Rose Depp is OK’
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