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# Zendaya Had a Divisive Year
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/year-end-zendayas-divisive-year-01-2025/
- Published: 2025-01-02T15:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-17T23:52:15.000Z
- Description: Some home runs in here, but some HUHs, too.
- Author: Heather
- Tags: fugs, year-end, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:29

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The Year of our Lord 2024 was a busy one for Team Lendaya. *Dune 2* arrived in March and *Challengers* hit theaters in April, meaning Zendaya had months of promotional appearances that all came in a steady stream, without the benefit of a breather in between. The resulting slew of clothes let to a lot of split decisions among Fug Nationals, both on an outfit-by-outfit basis and the opinion of each press tour as a whole. One common theme, though, is an increasing fatigue with theme-dressing, with both of these press tours cited as an example.

Would we have been as frustrated by some of these if, say, *Challengers* had come out six months after *Dune Deux*? Would Team Zaw have had fresher eyes and instincts if they weren't planning for both of these at the same time? And how much of the *Challengers* kitsch was always in the plan, and how much was because Team Zoach felt pressure to differentiate from all the *Dune* that came before?

And most crucially, how much of this will we like better in retrospect, if any?

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