touted as having the “worst sex scene in history” — is ending Sunday, sooner than some viewers expected.This week, HBO confirmed the show is wrapping up after only five episodes instead of the rumored six, sparing us a protracted nightmare.It feels like mercy.
The series follows Lily-Rose Depp as Jocelyn, a vulnerable pop star fresh off a Britney Spears-style breakdown now trying to find her voice.
Instead she falls under the control of cult leader Tedros (The Weeknd) who takes over her life, career and bedroom with X-rated maneuvers.
The often sadistic simulated sex between the pair has drawn a lot of blowback and been described as “rape fantasy” or “torture porn.” However, the real torture is inflicted on the handful of viewers who endured(by the show’s third week, only 133,000 were watching in real time, down more than 100K from the premiere). To quote my favorite line from the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” this series is simply “replete with stinkiosity.” Much has been made of The Weeknd’s “comically bad acting.” Clad in a rattail and overcoat, he looks like the lost member of Color Me Badd and, for a supposed guru, has as much gravitational pull as a deflated balloon.
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