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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> Being a world-class hater is easy when your target is Sam Levinson.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; 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It was posted by Disney Channel actress-turned-social media provocateur Bella Thorne, who appeared in it as a cheerleader in a crop top. The movie was called <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hSUAPUiEq1BJV5nKDgbzmLbRuPk7v0NADEFp4SmHd0KyZcL-FK4dGEWqk9aqIZ3n8I9q6a-PV-_2HhoEAPVqImw1Ts93_cdURRLOEPiH_VG2RJriMR123oMv5570PVBE1m7-HwhN5pncDpnmCnKvhuq_--H_oJIN3cfbMSy1Mnrt-lWuB8ypZ5KmIMwopKFSsjLsMZtF9iuKo5dLYaOI2DHjuaay-nFBNtGcjQcXB480ouKbLsRJLZTZeXmSh9bsqpw_qeNtibSOgFicXpiFcJo/4r8/ecNaVntQRVWGpXL9ll9ObQ/h2/h001.cEuZsxP0LFLdVldpSFhrz2d7zURgVRBljRU_JRyqwQs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>Assassination Nation</i></span></a>, and it checked all my boxes: an edgy, internet-driven plot line, Tumblr aesthetics, and foreboding shots of the American flag. To be fair, I was a college junior. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But after watching it, my friends and I concluded it was the worst movie we’d ever seen, an exploitative, pointless, and pseudo-intellectual take on Gen Z culture. I looked up the writer/director online and saw he was a fledgling nepo baby. <i>Well, that’s the end of his career</i>, I thought. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> That guy’s name was Sam Levinson, and the following year, he released the HBO teen drama <i>Euphoria. </i>It became the network’s second highest-watched show behind <i>Game of Thrones</i>, defined <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz8aOiYc4ScRoJM7YIB0iKvqKuBPR6p4BJrlcp8BvzUF-NmwrlyRJwutv7uXEwDT6pCIYtZCkJci6f7cKWy6XaoMf9AB-ieFq6ZMcSSuVjPTKsK3UqTIb_VPoiOmjgzw4TF-FD2vnRjb61M7oH1SJ-CHcFaghxz2Yjxnh2VN-w_HHG4Z4Klcynf-8YrKoCz6vUXQG5b9t9GyHJd1pwNiTFPD82JSbA-fPfR_vpv1emR3bGSMtZZ_Ycgoy7FdWtOy7QWI83lu1GYWTd3FI70y-FZHgx-8lZT7gFrWg9qqSfMBh/4r8/ecNaVntQRVWGpXL9ll9ObQ/h3/h001.7p2MzkQKESlTpO1z85jWw2WFX_2xPSv8fw-ryNSwxRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>cultural trends</span></a>, and exploded the careers of young actors like Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and Hunter Schafer. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>Euphoria </i>ended this past weekend, and for the first time in the show’s history, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwV_R4RwernZpJciO9jqTjbMbNxpg_Cutu4KKWeOQ_ZlWlazaKQX_3ouLQXIPTnLlz3kfmGzJNfrNePWfp1vzvu76Ou2GZfC8Mg3rAQGaE3LqqsP0WiC4XpLv4MNnZABgmSr1aQ5bTM4U2TIWovUxAWqtZMPvv1aKMbRUAHlWGX796Ngyp289hvNTojJ-lY15J2Kxu933hRTwyGaZGr2JY0X9LafPEqteW5vguusejM3jF53a47oVBrXKdPX624lhMYVCuUQDrc5Kqi_OLQ98-hfA9_ehuehgksIuNLjpklx/4r8/ecNaVntQRVWGpXL9ll9ObQ/h4/h001.vz19IdVsOtoqBANj1ed9QNYf1mTR-t0x45H6UH0ZdtM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>a majority</span></a> of critics and viewers gave it a thumbs down. 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