ah I saw this vais article on Twitter earlier and I might come on bites you're
better than this you're so so so much better than this but yeah they think
that zendaya is problematic in euphoria so let's talk
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alright cool so before I get into this article from Vice I wouldn't throw out a
couple things just a couple small little things real quick so one of them is like
in this world where we have like a lot of like I don't know kind of pop news
like you know BuzzFeed or Vox or you know even vice like I do I do like vice
as one of the best ones alright they do some interesting stuff like vice
and vice news they have like just interesting things
that I like learning about and seeing different perspectives on and things
like that and they're they're pretty decent with like kind of like
investigative journalism so anyways I'm like out of all these
like news sources like I'm kind of a fan of Vice the second thing is although I'm
not a woman I am actually half-black and zendaya in the
series of euphoria she is a young half black woman all right so I do want to
preface it that way so I've made a video about what it's like being half black so
if you want to check that out go check that out
anyways so like I just want to let you know like one of the reasons I'm
discussing this topic and as you'll find out as I read this article like I think
there's some things that should be brought up and sometimes sometimes it
really feels as though like different journalists or people wanting feature
content like they're trying to figure out something to get upset about
alright and I might be totally wrong so if you think I'm wrong let me know I'm
gonna go through this article let me know your thoughts as I go through this
article talk me down to the comments below alright so this is a pretty short
article so I'm gonna I'm gonna read like most of it alright but it starts out by
saying it's hard to name current coming-of-age shows and film starring
black girls it's even harder to name shows where the protagonist isn't
defined by her trauma or by the stress associated with being the perfect
representation of a black girl the beloved Bambi sitcom militias main
storyline was how its title character had to juggle succeeding at school while
having good behavior the oscar-winning film adaptation of the color purple
mainly focuses on the physical and emotional abuse of sealy the film's
protagonist 2011's pariah follows their tumultuous journey of seventeen-year-old
alike as she battles explaining her sexual
orientation to her parents who eventually kick her out of their home
although zendaya's character on grown ass is the closest Hollywood has gotten
to showing a black girl who isn't tied to a life-altering trauma her character
Zoe Johnson isn't unscathed by the model minority trope while HBO's new series
euphoria seems to be a slight departure from the typical model minority slice
trauma influenced depictions it's another entry in a long line of shows
Center on a black girls pain alright so the first thing like when I first saw
this article pop-up like I get it I get it and sometimes it feels like certain
journalists they have something that they want to talk about and then ii had
the opportunity to talk about it there just throw it on something like i don't
think you forea is the show to talk about this with right like i understand
what the author is trying to say but here's here's the first thing i thought
here's the first thing I thought when I saw even the headline of this article
before I read it I was like okay but if Sandhya had this like very privileged
life with no struggles no issues at all how many people do you think would be
upset that it's not depicting what is really like to be a young black woman or
even a young biracial black woman you know what I mean and that's what I think
a lot of people need to understand is that you're always gonna piss somebody
off like you're always gonna make somebody upset so whether she is a
character who had some kind of trauma or not someone's gonna be upset about this
so it goes on to say in the first episode which premiered Sunday
seventeen-year-old rube played by Cynthia is battling a drug addiction for
which she had to go to rehab before her junior year of high school the beginning
of the pilot is mainly spent on what happens in ruse life leading up to that
point which is mainly coping with Jen's II anxiety and the process of social
media in a middle-class predominantly white suburban neighborhood it's quickly
revealed throughout the rest of the episode that although rude recently left
rehab she has no intention of stopping her drug use has room narrates segments
of the episode she makes it clear that no traumatic experience drove her to her
drug addiction alright and it has a quote from the show but it talks about
how it gradually becomes apparent that her anxiety which is a common issue for
teenagers is just as traumatic as previously mentioned experiences so his
his so I can like watching just kind of
behind the scenes things about euphoria and after the episode they had zendaya
actually sitting down with the writer and director of this show and having a
conversation and they're discussing like the writer of the show he actually
battled mental illness and substance abuse at a young age right so he's he's
writings and dais characterize him and he is a white dude okay so he's writing
his young biracial woman he's giving her experiences that he went through I think
we have to take that into consideration like something's in there even says in
that interview is that she feels like the characters he created are different
aspects of his personality and he admits like you know a lot of the things that
he writes about in this show in these stories the things that actually
happened to him or something along those lines you see what I mean so it's not
like he he created this story and he's like you know what I want to write about
a young troubled black hawk but he just cast a young woman to play this
character you know what I mean toward the end of the episode
Ruth explains to her friend Fusco her drug dealer why she simply can't stop
her addiction although she knows it's bad for her and takes a toll on her
family this is the feeling I've been searching for my entire life
for as long as I can remember because suddenly the world went quiet and I felt
safe in my own head she explains of her first experience with drugs
euphoria isn't just a racy show that exposes viewers to rampant drug use
graphic sex scenes and other vices instead it's mainly about the serious
nature of the social pressures on a generation that's constantly
misunderstood so they go on to finish the article by saying this is not the
only story worth telling why can't coming-of-age tales show black
girls being weird and funny like in book smart or in Lady Bird films that are
highlighted by protagonists deeply opinionated outlooks on life why can't
black girls on their own - all the boys I left before in which the main
character is only conflict is a romantic one why are there stories that simply
show black girls having fun of being happy as one of society's most
mistreated demographics the experience of being a black girl is significantly
influenced by trauma but there are also other experiences normal stories where
black girls go to prom or choose a college doesn't feel like a huge thing
to ask for but shows like euphoria that perpetuate the trend that black girls
narratives are only important if they're defined by painful experiences and that
makes the request seem impossible so let's talk about a few things like I I
agree to a certain extent like they depict certain people in different mics
but like I feel I feel that we're not grateful for the progress that we've
made and the new shows coming out like there are many shows being correct
created to show like what the modern average minority family looks like right
and something that's you know Jordan Peele talks about quite a bit is when he
was growing up he didn't see accurate representation of himself when he went
to go see horror films that's one of the reasons why he makes you know movies
where the main characters an african-american so that makes sense
right so he talks about doing that and like there's there's certain things like
when you look at you know us or you look at get out he mixes different struggles
that you know African Americans deal with whether they're from you know the
suburbs or they're from the hood and things like that you know what I mean
but you also have shows where you know something that's become you know more
popular lately too because more Asian American writers and
directors are creating like shows and movies and things like that like we
actually see more Asian American representation right and like these
things are happening and I think it's important like we're nowhere near where
we should be but I think it's important to recognize like these things aren't
happening so like let's look at Cynthia let's look at sin they're in euphoria
like this story like about ruh it is not specific to a young black woman in any
way shape or form and if anything she's biracial like I get to see some
representation right like she had a white dad she has a black mom you know
what I mean mine is actually flip-flop I have a
white mom and a black dad you know I just thought of this while I was editing
I just want to toss this in here like look on the screen like in my first you
euphoria on hbo video I asked how old everybody was who was watching this show
and so many young people from different nationalities said they could relate to
the show so again I get what the author of this article was trying to do but
this show has been pretty relatable to people of all nationalities but let's
look at the other major role that the day is currently playing all right
Mary Jane Watson zendaya is playing Mary Jane in spider-man she was cast that role and
it's no it's nothing like what this article saying so like I think it's
important to understand that she snapped like being typecast you see what I'm
saying like there are many people like if I was getting cast for a movie I okay
we knew the fat dude with a beard you know what I'm saying but it seems like
you know since a and maybe that's one of the reason so many people love her as an
actress is because she is versatile you know so again I I don't necessarily
agree with this article it feels it feels like the author wanted something
to complain about and saw the perfect opportunity with euphoria they're like
wait you Foley is trending right now because it's a new show what is
something I can complain about in this show right because like right now we
were rolling one episode in but I think it it is a very good show and it's
talking about some very important subjects you know what I mean so I think
it's important to give credit to that and I think in my opinion you know
seeing seeing other people struggling with drug addiction like I went in a
treatment center here in Las Vegas for about three years and the amount of
african-american clients that we got in was minimal you see what I mean like and
I've made videos about this before about just like statistically African American
men and women are less likely to get help for their mental health as well as
addiction and everything like that so I actually think this is a good thing you
know what I mean anyways I might be crazy let me know in the comments below
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