'The Idol' Isn't Nearly As Cool As It Thinks It Is
It’s fitting that the first 58 seconds of HBO’s The Idol are a close shot of its half-naked protagonist, Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp), being told what to do by a photographer off-camera: “Give me some innocence. And some doe-eyed looks,” he instructs. “Now mischievous. Ok, pure sex now. Give me vulnerable.”