![]() Pop Star Reference Clocker: During a photo shoot for her album cover, Jocelyn sports a hospital bracelet to allude to her recent stint in a medical center. In 2021, Spears posted a photo shortly after her conservatorship was terminated, saying she “just shot a movie titled ‘THE IDOL.’” It’s unclear if whatever that project was is the same as this one, but Levinson and The Weeknd were pictured with Spears last summer. Levinson has denied that Jocelyn is based on any one particular starlet, but the show certainly owns up to its Britney references, and could even potentially involve Spears in some way. This is Jocelyn saying, ‘I will not be written off.’” Talia also mentions that she “grew up watching Jocelyn on Rock House,” a fictional kids’ television show that Jocelyn was cast in, like how Spears was in The Mickey Mouse Club. “I think what Britney and Jocelyn have gone through is really unique…look at what she’s overcome, with Britney as well. “It’s an homage,” responds one of Jocelyn’s many team members, Nikki (Jane Adams). Jocelyn and Britney’s journeys are meant to be parallel, with Vanity Fair reporter Talia (Hari Nef) commenting on the “referential” choreography for Jocelyn’s next single. Lily-Rose Depp’s character Jocelyn is similarly troubled, fresh from a mental breakdown that landed her in the hospital. The series’ third trailer gleefully (and expertly) used Spears’ “Gimme More,” notable for being Spears’ comeback single after the buzzcut heard round the world. It’s Britney, bitch!: It would be impossible to make a good show about a harangued pop star without mentioning the great Britney Spears. With a show so controversial, audiences will be clamoring for proof that Levinson and The Weeknd truly know of which they speak. ![]() However, firsthand experience isn’t enough to rest on when creating something this sprawling and contentious. Surely The Idol creator and writer Sam Levinson-a nepo baby himself-and its star and co-writer The Weeknd know a thing or two about how Hollywood chews up and spits out its players. If you half-ass something, chances are that someone in your audience will catch on. To satirize something successfully, one must be a disciple of what they’re sending up. We see these things play out every day in the headlines of gossip rag websites and Twitter threads, but to actually, acutely study the art of stardom is no simple feat. As a voracious pop culture connoisseur, there’s nothing more fascinating to me than a piece of entertainment that’s brave enough to tackle the wicked ramifications of glitz and glamour. Serve me a piping hot dose of drivel any day! But then again, I’m a sucker for a raunchy dissection of fame’s dark underbelly. I, personally, adore everything I’ve seen so far. Love it or hate it, everyone’s going to be talking about The Idol for the next six weeks.
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