It was originally supposed to be 80.Įuphoria, written and directed by Sam Levinson ( Assassination Nation) and executive-produced by Drake in partnership with indie production company A24 ( Lady Bird, Moonlight, Hereditary), is to Gen Z what the brilliant Skins once was to millennials. Critics wrote numerous articles dissecting this now-viral moment, one claiming it was “pointlessly gratuitous”. The president of the Parents Television Council claimed that the content was too graphic for its target audience. When the sequence – said to be a homage to Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror Carrie – aired in the States in June, it triggered a panicked response: horrified viewers counted a total of 30 penises in the scene. T here is a scene in episode two of US teen drama Euphoria when dozens of naked high-school boys swarm around the show’s leading jock, Nate, in a locker room, his eyes pained as he attempts to avoid the flailing slow-motion genitalia surrounding him.