Euphoria | the unknown origins of the dark teen drama

Illiterate

The biggest first night of any show on HBO Max…was based on an Israeli miniseries? How did that come to be, and what changed? And is all the controversy on the nudity, sex, violence and drugs truly original, or something we’ve seen before? Let’s find out!

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Extras:

• trailer, Euphoria Season 2 (2022) https://bit.ly/euphoriashow4

• trailer, original Israeli series (2012) https://bit.ly/euphoriashow1

• video, Sam Levinson talking about his life at the premiere https://bit.ly/euphoriashow6

• trailer, Kids (1995) https://bit.ly/euphoriashow10

• study, the show 13 Reasons Why and youth suicide https://bit.ly/euphoriashow9

• study, reduction in teen drug use (2018) https://bit.ly/euphoriashow7

• article, Euphoria and teen sex and drug use stats https://bit.ly/euphoriashow8

• interview, Ron Leshem (original creator) https://bit.ly/euphoriashow2

• interview, Sam Levinson https://bit.ly/euphoriashow3

• interview, Hunter Schafer https://bit.ly/euphoriashow5