Euphoria is back with more shock and scandal, but mixed reviews

Euphoria is back with more shock and scandal, but mixed reviewsJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIan YoungsCulture reporterReutersSydney Sweeney and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson at the season three premiere last weekUS hit drama Euphoria has made its long-awaited return, with stars Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi all back - but many critics say it doesn't live up to its previous heights.The Guardian's review declared that season three, which has arrived four years after the last, "was absolutely not worth the wait", while the Telegraph said it "feels tired and dated".Others were more positive, with the Times calling it "a dazzling (and stomach-churning) series", and the Independent saying this "generation-defining show paints a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America".The show's depiction of sex, drugs and angst has always had shock value, and it has caused fresh controversy with a trailer for future episodes that shows Sweeney's character dressed as a baby in a sexualised pose.In a short snippet in the trailer, Sweeney's character Cassie, who is now an OnlyFans content creator, is seen being filmed in curly pigtails with a dummy in her mouth and legs open."This isn't character development, this is fetish content. Disgusting," wrote one user on social media, while another commented: "This is just disturbing."Only the first episode is available to viewers so far, in which Cassie is seen persuading fiancé Nate (played by Elordi) to allow her to post videos online to help pay for their wedding.'Torture porn'The Guardian's Hannah J Davies' two-star review said the hit HBO drama has become "a grubby, humourless work of torture porn that's obsessed with and repulsed by sex work".Referring to Cassie, she said: "The way the show handles her cam girl ambitions, in particular, feels bafflingly dated, while storylines...