#like um my dude Rue being Black alone already made her life exponentially harder than yours.

[neechees]

Just based on what I've seen & what I've heard people say about the show, I feel like Levinson doesn't really take into account how race would play into ppl's perception of drug users/addicts or even just race in general. People have been saying that Levinson writes what he relates to, and a lot of other stuff doesn't get quite as much depth from him. Like Rue apparently REALLY liking hospitals and having an overwhelmingly good experience with hospitals and doctors generally sounds like it would line up with a White man's experiences, & I think he takes a lot of influence from his own life. Like despite Euphoria being praised for its "harsh realism" that seems to be a big thing that he kind of ignores

Literally all the female characters' storylines revolve around a guy or fighting over a guy in some major way (except Rue, who's main focus were 1. obsessing over a White girl & putting all her energy into her, and 2. drugs), and all the nonwhite or racialized characters are stereotyped in some way