Skandalon

by Jul Maroh

Tazane, 27 ans, est une véritable icône Rock. Passionné, arrogant, égoïste, parfois violent, le chanteur accumule les polémiques. Mais le public qui l’adule et les médias qu’il fascine n’attendent en réalité qu’une seule chose : son prochain coup d’éclat… Ce goût du scandale, Tazane l’a cultivé, il en a fait un Art. À tel point que, petit à petit, il va aller de plus en plus loin, commettant parfois l’irréparable, et s’engouffrer dans une redoutable spirale autodestructrice.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Bande Dessinée, Fiction, Music, Adult, Graphic Novels Comics

152 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Jul Maroh (born 1985) is an author and illustrator originally from northern France. They studied comic art at the Institute Saint-Luc in Brussels and lithography and engraving at the Royal Academy of Arts in Brussels, where they still live.

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skandalon is the title of a book by a woman made famous for her first book, Blue is the Warmest Color, which was adapted into a film that won the Palme D' Or at Cannes. I didn't like that one that much, but the watercolors are lovely. I feel kinda similarly about Skandalon, that I don't think the story is all that special, but it is lovely and interesting to look at. Skandalon is grounded in both contemporary culture and myth, the author highly influenced by the theoretical perspective of the literary and cultural critic Rene Girard, especially his works on myth and culture. Maroh's afterword is a scholarly essay entitled "An Anthropological Perspective" that makes it (not quite) clear that there are serious philosophical ideas underpinning what would seem to be a fairly mundane story about a Jim Morrison-like self destructive musician named Tazane (not Tarzan, trust me) who is both talented and arrogant, adored and vilified. One might think of Dylan being pursued and defined (as revolutionary poet!) by his crazy adoring fans and the media, who pushed him into a state of rage for years in resisting them. But this is more Morrison (talented, out of control, and.. dead) than Dylan (talented, but still alive, managing to escape all that societal pressure on his own terms).

The concept of "skandalon" is a little confusing, (at least if you read Maroh's essay): She quotes Girard: "Skandalon and Satan are the same thing…" and it's "the inability to walk away from mimetic rivalry…" but skandalon is surely about public scandals that are co-created ("the incarnation of a shared evil" by an artist and his public who need an icon to imitate and revere and finally destroy …. as their scapegoat).

The cover image is of a related myth, that of Icarus, the artist, flying too close to the sun and crashing to the sea… a sea of red. In Blue is the Warmest Color Maroh used blue, of course, as the central watercolor, for a different mood (lust) but red is obviously her color for the raging Tazane and his public murder/suicide {whether this is literally true you will have to find out; this is not an actual spoiler here). But to say this is a sociological "murder" is to excuse Tazane of his loss of control at every turn, including his rape of a young fan (which I should point out is not excused by Tazane's public, nor by his fans nor his band). Maroh in fact tells of many ill consequences for his consistent bad behavior, and that act in particular, and doesn't excuse him completely for being a terrible person, but in her use of Girard she seems to suggest intellectually that society needs these sacrifices, and scapegoats, and Tazane and people like him, tortured artists like Morrison, are just the tragic victims of that need. The back cover of this volume is an image of the heroin-addicted Tazane (are all heroin addicted artists tragic heroes in the public eye!?), and I think we are supposed to care about him, for some reason, as victim of sorts, finally. Hmm; doesn't work for me. We don't get to know his work well enough to think he is special. So how is it Maroh may think Tazane IS a tragic artist? Well, maybe Tazane is really Morrison for Maroh. Morrison is the "tragic hero" artist that the French avant-garde (and much of the world, and I, too, once) still seems to excuse and adore, and I am guessing he is the real center of this meditation on fame (Tazane has an erection during a performance, as Morrison once did).

Girard was a leading thinker in French intellectual circles in the seventies, and was especially famous in lit crit circles, writing about things like mimetic desire and violence and the sacred, and I'm not doing his ideas justice here, but I think Maroh doesn't either, in her essay or her story, and I'm not sure the force of the ideas matches or fully explains these pop star symbols and their need to fall apart in front of us. We romanticize them way too much with this theorizing, maybe. It's maybe like that Hemingway story: Fitzgerald is supposed to have said to him, "the rich are different than the rest of us," and Hemingway said, "Yeah, they have more money." That's kinda how i feel about Tazane here. He's not a tragic romantic here in the mode of Baudelaire and Liszt. Maybe even they didn't deserve our adulation for their own anguished descents into hell; maybe they were all just drunks with some talent to make us think they were different from us.

As with Blue is the Warmest Color, Skandalon (and if you need a Masters degree in French Literary Criticism to even begin to know what a book title's supposed to be about, yikes) the best part of this book is the art, the watercolors, the tones they create for emotional states. Pretentious much? But hey, they made a movie of the last one.. can a new film be far behind?

[Nea Poulain · Rating 1 out of 5]

En lo que hago la reseña, diré algo. ¿QUÉ PUTAS ACABO DE LEER?

Mi primera (y segunda y tercera y cuarta y...) reacción al acabar de leer esta novela gráfica fue algo más o menos así: WHAAAAATT?!

Lo siento, no sabía como empezar la reseña. De hecho, sólo estoy escribiendo esto con la esperanza de encontrarle sentido a la novela gráfica que publicó Julie Maroh. Ya había leído uno de sus trabajos anteriores, Le bleu ets une couleur chaude (Blue is the warmest color) y la había reseñado diciendo, en breve, que me había gustado bastante y que el dibujo era de lo mejor que había visto en novelas gráficas. En su momento, me pareció muy íntimo y no hay ninguna duda de que, con Skandalon, Maroh siguió sobre la misma línea. El dibujo es profundamente personal, íntimo e incluso introspectivo. Invita a pensar o a analizar las actitudes de los personajes, a preguntarnos el por qué. Ahora bien, no todo son rosas.

Tazane, de 27 años, es el protagonista de Skandalon. Un ícono del rock de su país, que escribe sus canciones y que, por alguna razón, siempre arruina las cosas dando declaraciones controvertidas, insultando a sus fans y prácticamente autodestruyéndose. Su imagen inicial es casi perfecta. Narra la historia y también es un protagonista desagradable, de esos a los que les darías una buena cachetada por cada pendejada que dicen. Es altanero con la prensa (cosa entendible, pues no parecen dejar de hacer preguntas fuera de lugar), con sus fans, con su equipo, con su grupo y básicamente con todo el mundo. Parece estar deprimido, aunque nunca está realmente confirmado, sin embargo, desde el primer cuadro donde podemos observarlo, notamos que algo le falta. Julie Maroh tenía todo, ¡todo!, para hacer a un protagonista desagradable con una excelente construcción. Tazane es un personaje que incluso nos lleva al límite del asco y que, como a la gente que lo ve, nos insulta.

Es un personaje que queda perfectamente con el título, Skandalon. Según una página muy útil llamada la Hispanoteca de la lengua, nuestra palabra escándalo, viene precisamente de este vocablo griego:

La palabra escándalo viene del latín scandalum, del griego scándalon (σκάνδαλον) que etimológicamente significaba una especie de cepo, lazo o trampa para cazar animales, derivado del griego skandálethron, mecanismo de desenganche o dispositivo de lanzamiento de un artefacto que sirve para cazar animales mediante un dispositivo que se cierra aprisionando al animal cuando este lo toca. [...] Más tarde pasó a significar lo que repele, es decir, la conducta que hace daño, engaña, decepciona y repele a quien la contempla. La conducta escandalosa hacer perder la confianza en la persona. Es una acción o situación que se considera intolerable y provoca indignación.
El escándalo es un concepto central del Viejo Testamento y se emplea para designar el mal que seduce al hombre a alejarse de Dios. Este concepto se empleaba para mantener unida moralmente la comunidad en su fidelidad a Dios. [...] El que no se aceptaba las reglas se había decidido por la falsa vía del Skandalon, se había desviado de la verdadera fe.

En un pequeño apartado al final del libro, la misma autora explora el origen de la palabra y la razón por la cual llamó así a esa novela gráfica, dándonos la definición biblioca de la palabra. Le queda perfecta a Tazane, él repele, hace daño, su conducta hace que los demás pierdan confianza, su actitud provoca indignación. Y la primera construcción del personaje es simplemente genial porque, como un ícono del rock, más bien parece un ídolo religioso, se acerca a la imagen de Jesús, de Mahoma, de cualquier profeta, en lugar de la del diablo o hereje. Sus fanáticos están dispuestos a aceptar cualquier burrada que diga, desde que su inspiración podría ser Hitler o Beethoven; están dispuestos a aplaudir todo tipo de actitudes, intolerantes, si hace falta, sólo por su ídolo (nunca mejor usada esa palabra). Han puesto a Tazane en un pedestal del que realmente no lo pueden bajar. Al lector, por supuesto, eso puede llegar incluso a ofender. La primera mitad del libro realmente da un puñetazo en la cara y nos recuerda ese fenómeno desagradable que hoy en día se llama fanatismo ciego y lo mucho que se parece a la religión.

El dibujo le ayuda a la novela en el que es, supongo, el viaje hacia su objetivo. La novela gráfica se divide entre tonos azules fríos y rojos. La diferencia parece siempre ser que en donde más azul hay, el protagonista está acompañado, y en el rojo, es donde más vemos su autodestrucción, sobre todo en sus conciertos. Tazane se autodestruye, lentamente, no importa como: drogas, alcohol, se gana el repudio de muchos. Sus propios fans le dan asco por el nulo criterio que parecen tener, dispuestos a aplaudirle todo. Llega incluso a hacer sentir incómodos a los lectores, lo cual supongo que es su propósito. Y después, en la cumbre, justo al lado del clímax, se derrumba todo. Absolutamente todo. Su desarrollo se estrella contra el pavimento, se deshace. Julie, la escritora, no parece ser capaz de sostener a su propio personaje, ni la trama. Lo único que sigue haciendo es incomodar al lector.

Y, cuando Tazane cae, el resto de la novela lo hace. No tenía ni un otro pilar en el que sostenerse, debido a que todos los secundarios son meros adornos que flotan alrededor de Tazane y cuyo único propósito es servir como recursos argumentales en el camino de la autodesttrucción del protagonista. Así que ahora, si me disculpan, como aun estoy tratando de procesar todo lo que acabo de leer, intentaré hacerle un análisis un poquito más a fondo. Así que, hasta abajo, spoilers.

El clímax llega cuando Tazane viola a una chica. Ese tipo de escenas siempre me hacen sentir incómoda, directamente. No me desagradan per se, pero nunca me ha gustado la violación "literaria" que existe sólo porque sí. En la reseña de Life and Death, el genderbender de Crepúsculo, ya había hablado de lo mucho que me molesta cuando las violaciones están allí simplemente porque el personaje era una mujer. En este caso no ocurre así, sino que la violación sólo impacta, incomoda y le sirve a un hombre, en este caso, al agresor, como un trigger (gatillo, literalmente) para que llegue casi al fondo de su autodestrucción. A la chica no la volvemos a ver. Incluso, quien la venga es otro hombre.

La chica carece de relevancia, de desarrollo, de personalidad. Sólo está ahí puesta para que Tazane la viole y, de ese modo, dejarlo sólo y aislado cuando su banda, después del juicio, lo abandona. No me gustan ese tipo de escenas porque siento que sólo están allí por la incomodidad y el mal cuerpo que causan. Me gustan menos cuando la víctima en cuestión, en este caso una chica, es sólo un recurso argumental. Me incomoda mucho escribir tramas que involucren violencia sexual y he escrito únicamente dos en mi vida primero porque a pesar de la incomodidad, siento que es un tema que no vale la pena callarse como si fuera un tabú y porque creo que son temas que merecen ser tratados con respecto, sobre todo con respeto hacia las víctimas y no ser simples recursos argumentales.

Lo que Julie Maroh sí retrata bien es el fanatismo ciego que lleva a los fanáticos de Tezane a culpar directamente a la chica, su modo de vestir, cuestionar por qué estaba allí, sugerir que incluso lo había disfrutado. En casos tan mediáticos como el que retrata Tezane, el victim blaming (culpabilizar a la víctima) es lo normal. Cuando se trata de mujeres que demandan nunca falta el que sugiere que en realidad sólo es difamación porque quiere dinero o que sólo se está inventando la historia. Si no me creen sólo pueden buscar diversas opiniones sobre el caso de Bill Cosby. En fin.

No sé que decir. Sólo que si no les gusta que un libro los ofenda, no lean este. De hecho, a menos de que estén muy interesados en él, aléjense. Valoro que un libro me haga sentir incómoda y que me haga cuestionarme cosas, pero no lo valoro cuando la incomodidad que me causa está ahí simplemente por placer y no hay un desarrollo y, sobre todo, cuando se llega al límite usando la violencia sexual sólo por usarla.

[Aildiin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second book I read by Julie Maroh, after the wonderfull "Le bleu est une colere chaude".
Once again this is a book written to make the reader think and I would say once again it succeeds but this time this is not the type of thinking that talks to me.
The book is about a singer and about the scandal people will create to boost their career, and how those can affect them and sometime lead them to a spiral of destruction they may or may not control. Seeing what's happen recently with some US celebrities ( Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears) it might be prophetic...
The art remains very specific to Julie Maroh with a heavy use of color to convey feelings.( last time it was blue, this time the book is heavy with reds for rage).
All in all an interesting read.

[Raina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Follows the life of an asshole/conflicted rockstar.
Tw: rape, alcoholism, assault, and probably other stuff too.

The inside is not what I'd expect based on the cover. Julie Maroh has a specific aesthetic, with a painted quality to her art. If you're familiar with her other work, expect the same here, despite the cover. I did like the art - the art is what struck me the most about this.
There's also an Anthropological essay in the back matter written by Julie Maroh, with sections entitled "Prohibition as a Social Norm," and "Skandalon."

Translated from French.

I liked it more than I expected to, but ultimately found it forgettable.

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I quite liked Julie Maroh's Blue is the Warmest Color with it's restrained color palette and moving story.

Skandalon, though....the art is beautiful but the story it tells is disturbing and potentially triggering for some readers. I didn't like it very much. Even after reading the Afterword which explains about the concept of "skandalon" I'm still not really on board with the story or sure that I understand completely what Maroh was driving at.

[Queen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les dessins sont vraiment bien réussis. L’histoire est très courte, mais le sens est beaucoup plus profond. Il aurait fallu que je m’y prenne plus lentement pour mieux apprécier cette œuvre.

[Suni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dopo aver letto Il blu è un colore caldo ho deciso di recuperare anche l'opera successiva della giovane fumettista francese, nonostante avesse delle recensioni non troppo rassicuranti.
Infatti questo Skandalon non m'è piaciuto per niente.
Nella precedente graphic novel una storia c'era, e va bene, forse non era delle più originali e il finale m'è parso parecchio affrettato, ma comunque c'era.
Qui no.
Qui c'è un ragazzo bello e dannato, un musicista con milioni di fan e concerti sold out che evidentemente odia se stesso e la vita e vomita tutto il suo disagio su chi gli sta intorno. Disprezza il suo pubblico, il suo manager, gli altri componenti del gruppo, fa una mattata dietro l'altra, provoca la stampa e via dicendo.
Poi a un certo punto stupra una fan.
E tu sgrani gli occhi perché questa non l'avevi vista arrivare, perché l'autrice tra uno sclero e l'altro ce lo mostrava anche nell'intimo della sua casa, sul suo divano, a tagliarsi e a soffrire tanto.
E quindi poverino, pensavi, in fondo è buono, si darà una raddrizzata, capirà cosa lo fa star male e farà ammenda.
Invece no: stupro, processo, inspiegabile assoluzione, New York, eroina, finché chi gliel'aveva giurata lo trova – non si sa bene come – e, forse, lo ammazza di botte. Fine.

Ad accrescere il fastidio ci si mette pure una postfazione in cui, tra una citazione di René Girard e l'altra, ci viene impartita una lezioncina sul mito come monito a non trasgredire i divieti che servono a mantenere lo stato civile, sui "desideri mimetici" la cui esasperazione porta al conflitto, all'"ostacolo mimetico" o "skandalon", e che va a parare, e qui proprio mi sono arrabbiata, sul concetto di capro espiatorio, ossia di vittima sacrificale che non c'entra e non ha colpe ma viene immolata per riportare la calma all'interno della cominuità.
Quindi Tazane, il protagonista, che la società prima ha esaltato e poi ha voluto vedere cadere nel fango (e qui si capisce l'immagine in copertina), sarebbe un capro espiatorio innocente?
Potrei non aver capito nulla io, per carità, ma il riferimento mi sembra tanto evidente quanto folle.

Per quanto riguarda i disegni, nulla da dire se non che sono molto belli, più maturi rispetto al precedente lavoro, con tavole più piene e figure umane più espressive, vagamente gauguiniane.

PS: ho finalmente iniziato a usare la biblioteca per prendere in prestito fumetti, che leggo in poco tempo e quindi senza l'ansia di far scadere il prestito. Così posso provare qualcosa di cui so poco e non limitarmi più solo a Zerocalcare e altri grandi nomi con cui sono più o meno sempre andata sul sicuro. Stavolta non è stato un successo ma avrò modo di rimediare.

[Lindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like Maroh's first graphic novel, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Skandalon suffers from a total lack of narrative alongside artwork featuring impeccable color theory. This time, though, straight people can't read Skandalon and feel better about themselves for having consumed a product of contemporary gay culture.

[Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ein Rockstar auf einem selbstzerstörerischen Trip durchs Leben.

[Kris Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

A dark tale about the excesses of fame and ego. When a person becomes so filled with self righteous self pity, that it becomes a dangerous weapon, just waiting for a target. The story follows a singer/songwriter of a band with a huge following at the peak of his fame. He is disillusioned beyond frustration, believing his admirers to be nothing more than eager sycophants, who hold no other beliefs than the ones he gives them. His tendency to drown himself in drugs and sex with groupies only propels him from one scandal to the next, until he finally takes things past the fine line of excess, going from sexual icon to sexual predator, making his own band members rethink their onetime pact to stand by him. This is not a happy story, and there isn't any resolution or happy ending, but it's an insightful look into the ugly side of fame and fandom. Certain personalities are incompatible with constant adoration and false praise. When you're to the point where the people close to you refuse to offer constructive criticism, how can you trust your own ideas or judge your own behavior? What happens to a fragile or borderline personality when they're constantly told they can do no wrong? These are interesting questions in a society that worships celebrities as if they were deities while at the same time anxiously awaiting their downfall and exile from paradise.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Skandalon est le deuxième livre par Julie Maroh que j'ai lu et je suis maintenant une super fan. Ses histoires touchent sur des sujets qui ne sont pas vécus par tous, mais les émotions décrites sont des plus universelles - l'isolation, le désespoir, la confusion, et la culpabilité. J'adore les illustrations et surtout sa façon d'utiliser des couleurs "thèmes" sur chaque page pour créer l'atmosphère émotionnelle qu'elle désire. Maroh n'a pas peur de confronter des sujets difficiles et controverses et elle le fait avec aplomb. Je vous encourage de la lire!

[Laura (ローラ) · Rating 1 out of 5]

This entire comic exists for the words on the last page. It's a plot device that is often used to make a story seem important and deep -- instead, it made me gag. This was neither important, nor deep. It was just "blah"... or actually, "bleh". The redeeming feature: the art. It was okay. I initially didn't care for it, but it did grow on me. It just didn't aid the story in any way -- it could have done so much more. The speech bubbles and font...a major fail which, on top of everything, added an amateurish/self-pub feel. Not recommended.

[Marta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skandalon (2013)

Mi è piaciuta la colorazione, cupa e tendente al rosso, e mi è piaciuta la storia, nonostante abbia sentito la mancanza di un qualche riferimento a quello che possa essere successo prima: Tazane è eccessivo, disumanizzato, quasi demoniaco e l'essere troppo acclamato, quasi venerato (la fan che si uccide in suo nome), gli ha fatto perdere il contatto con la realtà; ecco, sarebbe stato interessante se si fosse raccontato come si è arrivati a questo punto.
La postfazione dell'autrice mi è sembrata forzata, nel voler giustificare filosoficamente il suo lavoro.

[Dustyloup · Rating 3 out of 5]

Je n'ai pas trop aimé ce bd mais il y avait de l'émotion dedans - des moments où on est vraiment dans l'histoire - surtout à la fin quand Tazane disparaît - et quand il n'y a pas de dialogue. je viens d'apprendre que le même auteur à fait "blue is the warmest color" - le film a gagné le palme d'or et même si ce livre ne m'a pas plus, je suis tenté de chercher le livre/bd pour voir.

[George Ilsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fast read with good graphics. However, just as the cover image of Icarus evokes, this book is an attempt to soar high which fails. The ending here is particularly absent, and the awkward afterword does not offer redemption (if anything the afterword makes one wonder -- why isn't this book smarter?).
This graphic novel did not interest me as much as Maroh's other ones.

[Geraldine (geraldinereads) · Rating 1 out of 5]

WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

[Adri · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting.

[Manethraen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Six word reviews:

Emotively interesting, deep with little crust

Afterthought:

I thought about this afterwards some more, the art hinted at the deep meaning I attach to the feelings in a Rothco painting - something that has on occasion brought me to tears. I wanted this to be that, so I was frustrated by the line art - something which reminded me of somewhere between Quentin Blake and the Puffin Annual no. 2. I wanted to like it but I felt more from the art that the story which I found hard to relate too due to the undefined flippancy of the main charactor, but that may not be a bad thing. More that any other books I've read recently I had a reaction to this book and although I only gave it three stars I would probably read it again and may buy a copy. Surely that's worth more than any number of stars.

[Manuel Maccaferri · Rating 2 out of 5]

A questo fumetto mancano tantissime cose. Quel che accade nella storia è giusto e il concetto non originalissimo ma interessante, ma è talmente poco che lo cominci e lo finisci in dieci minuti. Se ti chiedi cosa voglia dire skandalon e ti aspetti di scoprirlo nel corso della storia... Be', no. Lo scopri nel poscritto dell'autor*. E se ti aspetti che ci sia una qualche correlazione coi greci vista anche l'immagine di copertina... Be', no. Goditi il poscritto.
I secondari più fortunati hanno il lusso di vedersi dedicate un paio di pagine, il protagonista compie un paio di azioni e dice un paio di cose. Ritengo giusto assegnare un paio di stelle a sto punto.

[MontseBcn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aún le estoy buscando el sentido.
Leí este cómic porque llevaba tiempo entre los pendientes de mi estantería, ni sé que hacía ahí y no sé muy bien como interpretarlo.
Tazane es un ídolo de rock de 27 años, controvertido, maleducado y autodestructivo. Un personaje desagradable al cual incomprensiblemente le idolatran millones de jóvenes a los cuales insulta, desprecia, e incluso cómete actos atroces con ellos.
Un cómic para hacer una profunda reflexión sobre el protagonista pero más aún sobre la una parte de la sociedad actual.
Cómic incómodo, con una historia desagradable.

[Aurélie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brutale et dérangeante, cette BD de Julie Maroh ne fait pas dans l'empathie.
J'aime bien l'idée de départ, la réflexion sur le starsystem, mais je n'ai pris aucun vrai plaisir à lire cette BD au final...
On assiste à la descente aux enfers d'un personnage qui n'est pas sans rappeler Bertrand Cantat ou Jim Morrison, sans réel contexte ni profondeur pour expliquer sa d'échéance.

[MissTerremoto · Rating 1 out of 5]

Entiendo ese discurso de las almas torturadas que hacen cualquier cosa con tal de sentirse vivas, pero err... me parece que en general está todo mediomallogrado. ¿Qué esperaba conseguir con el afterword? eRR...

[Domenico Auriemma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boh non mi ha preso tanto. I disegni e los stile di colorazione non sono nelle mie corde. La storia sembra molto frammentata, raccontando solo le parti chiave tralasciando tutto il percorso che ha portato il protagonista a stare male.

[thalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is..... fucking brutal

[petit · Rating 1 out of 5]

c'est dommage que ces beaux dessins illustrent une histoire si pauvre et pleine d'embarrassants clichés.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

wasnt sure what to do expect...

[Keshav · Rating 1 out of 5]

meh. some pop star and drug abuse.

[a.d. · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was all right.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the end when he got beat up. Dude deserved it.

[Andrew Rules · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sophomore slump