Joanna Robinson

What did you make of the Sharon Stone writers room moment where she gets not only like snaps in response from her, from her younger writers, but also talking about how the stories we make on television impact the ballot box.

Here's, I'll tell you, I'll give you my take, which is this.

Sam Levinson, Lexi, Rue is Sam Levinson's like self insert, but Lexi in season two as the sort of the writer, the observer is also like, and they're like, the Xander.

Sometimes people have to get their feelings hurt.

Art should be challenging.

Art should make people upset.

You know, all this sort of stuff like that.

Like, that's very self-insert Sam Levinson.

This is what story should be.

This is what art should be.

He's making a television show about his own experience as an addict and what he did to his family.

So I'm sure he has family members or friends who recognize themselves in Euphoria and are pissed and are like, is this fucking play about us?

You know, like, I'm sure that happened to Sam Levinson.

So, like...

That was his sort of take on like why writing and art matters and should be confrontational in season two.

In season three, I will give him the credit.

He seems to have decided to poke fun at himself about how important TV writing is in 2024 or any other time.

What did you think?

Anything else you want to say about Maddie and her talent repping plotline?

Rebecca Pigeon is here as Maddie's boss.