![]() ![]() Skins’ characters demonstrate unconditional love for each other they show flashes of integrity. And still, in many ways Skins is not as dark. Skins deserves a place at the top of any “shows like Euphoria” list. The characters-written by a team of adult writers and teenagers-dealt with addiction, neglect, eating disorders, self-harm, and abusive relationships. Director & Cast: Sam Levinson, Pippa Bianco. Barbie Ferreira revealed she was leaving Euphoria (Pictures: HBO / Getty) Barbie Ferreira has confirmed she is quitting Euphoria ahead of the hit HBO show. Genre:DramaYear:2020FPB Rating:18LSDVN Audio:English. Like the Euphoria high schoolers, the Skins crew suffered in a way we like to pretend teenagers don’t. Adults Only: Zendaya stars in a dynamic new HBO series that follows a group of high school students as they navigate a minefield of drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship in today’s increasingly unstable world. During the series’ golden age, it felt like you could reach through the screen and touch the greasy skin and deodorant stains of the actors. in 2007, ran for seven seasons, and was adapted into a less successful American version in 2011. Of all the teen TV shows ever made, this is the one that invented screaming, “WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?” at the screen. Here are the movies and shows like Euphoria-often painful, frequently funny, and never long enough. If you like to watch 20-somethings as teens suffering in a gritty yet suburban way, the options are as numerous as the pills in Rue’s suitcase. There's a knowing side to the ridiculous excess, and that's something that can keep you going when things are getting a bit silly.But wait! Creator, writer, and executive producer Sam Levinson did not invent the genre of teenagers having a bad time. ![]() Judging by the trailer, The Idol has the same sardonic edge, in particular that killer one-liner from Lily-Rose Depp. Starring: Zendaya Sydney Sweeney Maude Apatow Jacob Elordi Algee Smith. The show plays on the youth of its characters, how reckless and cruel they can be, and it's able to make narrative choices that wouldn't ring true, but it has a knowing edge, it's the only way to handle the histrionics of many of its characters and make them feel bearable. Zendaya stars in this series that follows a group of high-school students as they navigate an unstable world. ![]() It is not, however, the reason why Euphoria is such a hit. That side of things generates a lot of heat. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) felt sufficiently compelled to put out a statement (opens in new tab), declaring that Euphoria’s makers had chosen “.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.” Then, Euphoria remembers that this is a show about the dark side of high school and it goes back to the girls, at which point the girls are locked in tension that. So much so that the US education organization D.A.R.E. Euphoria then asks us to see things from these men’s points of view, and empathize with the fact that they have had emotionally stunted upbringings and lots of repressed feelings. The series' main character is Rue Bennett ( Zendaya ), a recovering teenage drug addict who struggles to find her place in the world. Most of the conversation around it surrounds the show's warts and all approach to excess, and the decision to show literally everything. Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO and based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin. Take Euphoria, Levinson's biggest hit, and probably the most discussed drama of 2022. If you watch any of Levinson's work, whether that be Euphoria, or Netflix's searing drama Malcolm & Marie, or 2018's gore fest Assassination Nation, you'll get a clever mixture of nihilism and black-hearted sardonic humor put up against real heart and real pain.
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