HBO Series Euphoria Sparks Concern Over Sex, Drugs, and Penises

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HBO Series Euphoria Sparks Concern Over Sex, Drugs, and Penises
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People are already clutching their pearls about HBO's new series Euphoria and its 30 penises

“appears to be overtly, intentionally marketing extremely graphic adult content—sex, violence, profanity and drug use—to teens and preteens.” They’re probablyThe Hollywood Reporterthe controversy surrounding the upcoming series about high school students navigating love, drugs, and friendship in the age of finstas, starring Zendaya Coleman.

The network also voiced concerns about a scene in the second episode featuring dozens of naked high school boys in what [show creator Sam] Levinson intended as a gender-bent homage to the famouslocker room scene. What made it to air is a trimmed-down version of the original shot, which included “like, 80 more” penises, he says.As is the new norm at HBO, the network employed an intimacy coordinator, Amanda Blumenthal, the daughter of production executive Ginny Nugent.

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