The
Euphoria
series is once again under fire for its depiction of drug use, notably by its heroine, Rue Bennett, a 17-year-old non-binary lesbian who plunges into addiction and is embodied by Zendaya.
The DARE, an association founded in the 80s when Ronald Reagan was waging the "war on drugs", and advocates zero tolerance, has stepped up to the plate.
The organization accuses the HBO show of "falsely glorifying and misrepresenting high school student drug use, addiction, anonymous sex, violence and other destructive behaviors", they write in a press release relayed by NBC News.
So many attacks that led Zendaya to respond during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
The actress recalls that the series "is not a moral tale to teach people how to live their lives or tell them what they should do".
The purpose of the series, she explains, is "to help people feel a little less alone about their experiences and their pain."
Hope
“My greatest hope is that (…) those who need to heal and grow with Rue, by the end of the season, will feel that hope and that feeling that transforms into her,” concludes Zendaya.
The actress is a former Disney star, who also embodies the role of Michelle Jones, the lover of Spider-Man in the trilogy with Tom Holland, and has been favored by Hollywood and the fashion world for a few years.
So many parameters that make her influence on young audiences immense and she uses them, in particular to explain her role as Rue Bennett to her fans.
From the launch of the series, the young woman, who is 25 years old, had announced that the show was aimed at an "informed public".
A warning that she reiterated before the broadcast of season 2 at the beginning of the year.
Zendaya had already been criticized for playing the companion of John David Washington in
Malcolm & Marie
, their age difference (12 years) being pointed out.
“It's interesting that it has taken on such a scale, because my parents, for example, are 13 years apart.
But I also try to see myself from an outside perspective and understand that I've been playing teenage girls since I was a teenager.
I still play a 17-year-old on TV and in movies.
(…) Some grew up with me, they see me on the Disney Channel, I'm like their big sister or their best friend.
And I'm grateful for that,” she told the New York Times.
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