"The Idol" Glamorizes Mental Illness. That's a...

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"The Idol" Glamorizes Mental Illness. That's a Problem. It's okay to portray the abnormal on screen but not to glorify it. Reviewed by Gary Drevitch

Abel Tesfaye, who records music as The Weeknd and is a co-creator and co-star of HBO's new series The Idol, has this to say about the motivation behind the controversial show: “I wanted to create a dark, twisted fairy tale about the music industry.” For a show that, as Tesfaye puts it, intends to “piss some people off,” it certainly has managed to ruffle...

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