On the other hand, Keisuke found himself inexplicably aroused by what was happening to the said girl. The women cried and shouted, clearly disturbed by what was happening before them. The girl's eyes rolled up into the back of her head as she went incontinent, defecating and urinating herself. The electric current began to run through the torture device the moment after the voice stopped speaking. 'Withdrawal from the game will result in death.' - the mysterious voice announced.

When the lights came back on, the first thing Keisuke and the others saw was the rebellious girl from earlier, restrained to a torture device. One girl went into a frenzy over those acts' irrational, extreme, and immoral contents, lashing out at the 'mysterious voice.' The lights suddenly went out, and all the girls shrieked out of fear. Keisuke must become an 'Unlocker' and select one of the women as a 'Keyhole,' then perform a specified act with her to 'open the lock' so that they can all escape from the white rooms. All of them were confused by this abnormal situation when a 'mysterious voice' suddenly announced to them: Andou Miyako, junior Makiba Rika, English teacher Aoi Natsuki, same-year student Byakuya Rinne, and classmate Manaka Nemu. Takatou Keisuke was locked in a white, closed room with six other women: his childhood friend Hokari Kanae, class rep. When he came to, he found himself in a white room that he didn't recognize. There’s deep empathy in the telling of her story and of others detailing trauma, perhaps because Levinson went through substance abuse himself.īut there must also be empathy for Rue, Maddy and Kat - and all other characters of color, those who currently exist and who may come in the next season - as women and people of color.Wikipedia (ja), Wikidata, GameFAQs, VNStat Rue, for instance, is not glorified or dehumanized for drug use. Levinson nails many aspects of going through drug addiction and mental health challenges. I want to see Black, Latinx, Asian and other people of color reflected in Euphoria without having their cultural heritage toned down, but as aspects that enrich their characters’ backgrounds. I want to see Rue as a young Black woman and the joys that come with it. I want to see Kat eating arepas, or pão de queijo because Barbie Ferreira is Brazilian American, for breakfast before school. I want to see Maddy, or Kat, having more conversations in “Spanglish” with her mother, preferably not one when they are having a fight. I want to see Maddy and Kat talking in Spanish to each other when they don’t want anyone else eavesdropping on them. But adding racial context to the storylines is not - and should not be - the only way to add meaningful representation in Euphoria. I can understand the argument against it. I know adding racial baggage might make Euphoria, an already heavy and draining show, harder to watch. If Levinson hopes to tell realistic stories - even if the clothes and high school theater budget hint otherwise - adding these cultural and racial contexts would be more realistic when it comes to Rue, Maddy and Kat as Black and Latinx women.

While Latinx women are hypersexualized under the white gaze, at the same time, female sexuality is somewhat of a taboo due to the machismo in Latin American culture.

Similarly, the conservative and religious presence in Latinx culture could also play a role in Kat’s sexual awakening. Latinx women who are undocumented may fear deportation if they come forward or might refrain from doing so due to cultural and religious traditions that tend to be misogynistic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in three Latinx women have experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives, and many of these cases do not get reported. Maddy’s upbringing as Latinx woman should, at least theoretically, also impact her storyline of an abusive relationship. People have different arguments on whether and to what extent Rue’s identity as a Black biracial woman should play a role in her story with drug addiction, especially as Black people are more likely to be arrested for drug use and less likely to receive addiction treatment when diagnosed with a substance use disorder.

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