Zendaya defends Euphoria and Rue from latest episodes' accuses

An episode raw, dense and full of truth the fifth, the one released Sunday 6 evening in the United States and Monday 7 morning at 3 in the original version. The American TV series that conquers for its topicality is becoming increasingly difficult to watch for those in the midst of adolescence, and realistically makes issues related to drugs, friendships, to rivalries and addictions of any kind that can occur in high school. The American Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, or D.A.R.E had accused Euphoria, the cast and director Sam Levinson of glamoring drug use, High school drug addiction and other destructive behaviors of today’s world by issuing an official statement published on January 26, to which Zendaya responded publicly, defending Rue and the series:

"It is my hope for the people who watch that they still see Rue as a person worthy of their love. And worthy of their time, and that she still has a chance to redeem herself, and that they still see the good in her even if she cannot see it in herself. It is important that the characters are imperfect [...] And remember that we are not the worst mistake we have made. And that redemption is possible." She writes in a post shared yesterday, talking about his character and his evolution. As the protagonist with a central role for the representation of drug addiction, the famous actress in continuous rise has sided in defense of the storyline speaking to Entertainment Weekly:

"Our show is in no way a moral fairy tale to teach people how to live their lives or what they should do. If anything, the feeling behind Euphoria, or what we have always tried to communicate, is helping people feel a little less alone in their experience and their pain [that] maybe they feel like they’re not the only ones to cross over or hear what’s happening to them."

If TV series like And Just Like That, Gossip Girl or Succession struggle to tell the truth without changing it in favor of the imagination of the authors and the expectations of viewers, Euphoria is also added to the list of TV programs in which adherence to common life often becomes labile. For Euphoria, the only difference is that in the series of Levinson hyperbolically emphasize relational dynamics, between mothers and daughters, friends and boyfriends, relational rivalries and many other constants of the life of every teenager, including substance abuse. The controversy born on TikTok with the hashtag #EuphoriaHighSchool, in reference to the misplaced in the school context of the characters of the series, are added to delineate an aesthetic far from normal, let alone in the Bel Paese where it is still forbidden to go to school in shorts. Dress code educational or not, the fashion in Euphoria is definitely a source of inspiration, but like everyone in all teen drama here also uses a trick to talk about social issues and hot with the guidelines of the director, and send a message to the audience.

This is precisely what happens in the fifth episode, and drug addiction poses a danger both for the health of those who use substances and for those around them, immortalizing how drugs can capture 100% of the energies of young people and lead them to unhappy and difficult choices. The actress who plays Rue’s mother, Nika King, admits that it is not a light theme at Entertainment Weekly, but that:

"We need to see the family [of Rue] Bennett, go through its vicissitudes, because this is the only way that the public and people who are going through these issues in real life can understand. And they can say, Wow, this is authentic. This is real."

Faced with the testimony of two actresses and comments on social media users such as "We are too young to see such a thing" and "poor Rue" after the episode, the accusations of glamourization of drug addiction fall.