In praise of Euphoria's male nudity: The HBO teen drama has "done for d*cks what ER did for medical jargon"

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Premium cable has had so few instances of male nudity that shows that have shown penises like Oz, True Blood and Spartacus are memorable because their penis scenes were so infrequent, says Kimberly Roots. "But Euphoria? Euphoria has done for d*cks what ER did for medical jargon: Get it out in the open, make it a little less gnarly. And while I meant what I said in my most recent recap — that to focus on the nudity is to miss the show’s greater message about the state of teenhood today — I would be remiss if I didn’t somehow celebrate that this show is treating dongs like commonplace set dressing," she says. "In other words: It’s not so much that I want to see that many schlongs out in the open, but I rest easier knowing they’re there. Like a smoke detector. Or gravity. And if Euphoria is offering up too many trouser snakes for your tastes? Too bad. You can’t swing an Emmy on a prestige TV set without hitting a bevy of barenaked ladies, and it’s about time that the reverse became true: Tit, as they say, for tat."

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