Most nice tv reveals come collectively because of a various, proficient room stuffed with writers — however that tactic apparently would not work for Sam Levinson. In February 2022, the New York Instances revealed that HBO confirmed that Levinson works utterly alone and eschews a standard writers’ room. This does not should be a recipe for catastrophe; it is well-known that Emmy-winning author Mike White creates every season of his anthology, “The White Lotus,” solo. Based mostly on Levinson’s non-“Euphoria” work, although, his unwillingness to surrender even an oz of inventive management feels troubling — largely as a result of he has telegraphed, time and time once more, that he would not take criticism effectively.
Take “Malcolm & Marie,” a quarantine-era undertaking led by solely Zendaya and John David Washington, which centered on Washington’s unnamed writer-director complaining about how critics simply do not perceive his work. We have already glossed over the troubling features of “The Idol,” however the collection consistently took low cost pictures at critics and journalists, clearly referencing Levinson’s disdain for anybody who would not perceive his work.
The third season of “Euphoria” would not should be, to Levinson’s eyes, “excellent.” Season 2 definitely had its ups and downs — and it is irritating for followers of the present that Levinson’s obsessive, seemingly self-destructive qualities as a lone wolf author will maintain delaying the collection.