The Absurd Sexism of Euphoria’s Third Season

hen HBO’s Euphoria premiered in 2019, critics were equal parts entranced and horrified. Some praised creator Sam Levinson for his fresh take on the high-school drama genre, including its gritty portrayal of drug addiction; others questioned whether it was really necessary to hire 20-something actresses to play 16-year-olds, then repeatedly show their bare breasts onscreen (not an illegal creative choice, per se, but certainly a questionable one).