I want to thank Lindsay for the penis count, a first for a reviewer. It must be tough to have her/his/its job.
Random.
It’s HBO and explicit, so why did you watch. Teen girls do have abortions and have sex. Some girls get hooked on drugs, I know i worked with the worst in the state.
many kids don’t have a supportive loving home life and seek their love from peers. What kind of show do you want? The Brady Bunch, Mary Poppins?
BTW if you want to see a star turn Zendaya as the drug addicted Rue, does a very realistic portrayal. Only one of those kids in benefiting from sex and it’s the fat girl going on line to make some bucks and not having a good relationship off her own. In fact, with all the abberant behavior, none of them have a healthy good relationship, the consequences of having the wrong values. There’s lesson in that. Hard to say the show is “selling” the life style. I take it as realistic tragedy.
Cassie the abortion one, is obviously low IQ with a woman’s body, needing love she doesn’t get at home, and is susceptible and in need of attention.. Here’s an alternative view. The show could make a teen say, Well thank God i’m not like them.
The last scene with Rue taking coke and having a fantasy float/dance with many supporting cast is artistic and would make a good music video.
Zendaya deserves an emmy nomination and better roles.