# Mike White
+ Follow
Create

Beautiful People-- Comedically Suffering-- Karmically-Caused-- For "Two Weeks-- In Bruges-- Wichu?"

As another fantastic season of Mike White's The White Lotus (his third) comes to a blistering close-- I'm once again reminded of a particularly niche-in-specificity-- cinematic-subset-genre that I often find myself largely hankering for, drawing towards and returning back to. That of which I like to call-- "Beautiful People Being Utterly Miserable, While Totally Trapped In Paradise, & Comically Stuck On Vacation." What should ostensibly be a totally fun time in the sun-- usually instead tends to

452 views
86
21
Beautiful People-- Comedically Suffering-- Karmically-Caused-- For "Two Weeks-- In Bruges-- Wichu?"
Ishika

Ishika

Cinephile PanelManuscript MagicianUrban Star

I Checked Out of The White Lotus

Everyone shut up—my oblivious, elitist reality show disguised as a drama is on. So wow, we just wrapped up White Lotus Season 3, and I have thoughts. First, let’s acknowledge my previous predictions, which were sometimes correct, and mostly incorrect—but hey, I was just having fun with it. Every twist I thought I had figured out was turned completely on its head, which was honestly such a satisfying surprise. I love it when a show makes me second-guess myself and swerve off-course. It keeps thin

Matthew Alan Schmidt: re: the bit you mentioned about Lisa's phat paycheck, it's worth noting that every actor is paid the same amount for appearing in the show. It was something they did out of necessity in S1 due to budget reasons, but they've continued the tradition since because it attracts people who "want to do the project for the right reasons."

324 views
96
40
I Checked Out of The White Lotus
2
posts
0
members
106
popularity