The Alcatel Idol Review

 

The Alcatel Idol is a very thin and light smartphone that has a big screen. It has a 5.24-inch display and weighs just 3.88 ounces. It has a great battery life and is available in several colors. This phone is a great choice for anyone who wants a good looking phone with a large screen but doesn't want to spend a lot of money.

The Idol starts off with the American Idol logo spinning in a dark blue background. After that it zooms in on a microphone with a spotlight shining down on it. Then it cuts to a city street with a lot of microphones with spotlights on them. There is also a CGI figure singing in front of a sunset.

Jocelyn’s staff frantically jockey for advantage over the revenge porn, laying out tactics based on the landscape established by MeToo (and the ensuing pop-culture frenzy) — but it’s difficult to find anything beyond a reflexive contempt at the heart of the story, which never rises above a tawdry celebration of hedonism.

As an actress, Lily Rose Depp is بت یک undeniably talented. But her acting prowess is not enough to elevate The Idol, a knee-jerk celebration of hedonism made by a reactionary voyeur with a creepy gaze. The series feels desperate to deliver the veneer of something objectionable in order to ignite the kind of outraged reactions that can push TV shows from buzzy provocation to heated conversation topic. But it’s a false move.

At the center of this sleazy plot is Tedros, an oily music executive who wears a rat tail and a Michael Cera in This Is Not The End windbreaker as he runs his club. A sex symbol off set, he’s a ruthless musical svengali on the screen, breaking down Jocelyn’s self-image and autonomy to insinuate herself into her life.

But Tedros’s artifice is too thick to pierce. And, in the penultimate episode, his claim that he “dehumanized” Jocelyn by breaking down her resistance is a weak device that doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. It’s a testament to Tesfaye’s skill, however, that he manages to make this cynical show feel less like a satire of the celebrity industry than an unapologetic exploitation film. The Idol one is a good start for Levinson and Tesfaye, who have a strong collaboration behind them, but it’s also a show that never finds its voice.