SCARY COOL SAD GOODBYE 40
The review of The Idol the lamestream media doesn't want you to read...
“This is my happening, and it freaks me out!”
— Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Do you remember when TV shows weren’t about trauma? I don’t. Nowadays it’s a stand-in for a backstory, which in turn is a proxy for personality, at least one that feels ostensibly alive. A character’s trauma is their source of authority, and a moral cheat-sheet — for good guys …