White Lotus

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I'm curious, how much do you think someone in Armond's position makes?

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Anonymous wrote:Needs more scenes of Alexandra Daddario in lingerie

She is so ridiculously hot. Good lord.

Meh. The Paula actress is hotter.

I agree. And she is a local! She is from Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:Needs more scenes of Alexandra Daddario in lingerie

She is so ridiculously hot. Good lord.

Basic pretty girl actually. I can see similar « hot » gold diggers in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:I found it interesting that all of the weakest, “worst” characters were all still very tethered to their parents in adulthood, as if they’re just perpetual little children. We saw Rachel call her mom, Olivia went and cried to her mom, Shane’s mom shows up on his honeymoon, Tanya’s literally carrying her dead mom around, Mark’s problems spiraled when he found out about his dad’s past... By contrast, we know nothing at all about the families of Armond, Belinda, or Paula. They’re out there making their own ways without the benefit of (or burden from) parental ties. And then there’s Quinn, who seems to have found redemption in choosing Mother Earth over his own mother.

Paula is way worse than Rachel.

Paula was at least genuinely trying to help someone else, misguided as it was. Rachel’s only trying to help herself.

Was she, though, or was she just trying to screw over the Mossbachers?

This. She wasn’t helping Kai, she was exacting revenge on the Mossbachers for being successful white people. Which is ironic considering how comfortable she is this environment, which shows she comes from a place of extraordinary privilege.

I don't know why people think Paula is less wealthy than the Mossbachers. She presumably goes to the same college as Olivia which is probably Ivy league caliber given her high performing mom. Due to being a POC, Paula is slightly more aware of social issues than her white friends.

They make a point in the beginning where Paula says how appreciative she is that the Mossbacher's brought her on the trip. I thought that maybe she was at the college on scholarship, and is Olivia's token POC friend.

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Gross eyebrows

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Anonymous wrote: I have a family member who works at a place like the white lotus. It’s a pretty good job compared to others at his education level snd especially in the location. It’s interesting that dcumers are largely viewing the hotel jobs as akin to toiling in the salt mines or inherently very demeaning. My family member would like to make more of course but it’s genuinely a pretty good job he enjoys and is glad to have.

I don't think that at all. I think they can be quite good jobs - and also that they highlight the differences between the people who work in hotels and those who stay in them. The wealth differences, the power dynamics, etc.

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Anonymous wrote: I have a family member who works at a place like the white lotus. It’s a pretty good job compared to others at his education level snd especially in the location. It’s interesting that dcumers are largely viewing the hotel jobs as akin to toiling in the salt mines or inherently very demeaning. My family member would like to make more of course but it’s genuinely a pretty good job he enjoys and is glad to have.

What’s the background of your family member? For Kai’s character the job is demeaning. The government stole his family’s ancestral land and he’s working a crappy job on his own land.

It's not really demeaning though. He might feel some internal conflict - as he expresses to Paula - but he seems to feel like it's a pretty good job, worth holding onto. Then she whispers in his ear...

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Anonymous wrote: I have a family member who works at a place like the white lotus. It’s a pretty good job compared to others at his education level snd especially in the location. It’s interesting that dcumers are largely viewing the hotel jobs as akin to toiling in the salt mines or inherently very demeaning. My family member would like to make more of course but it’s genuinely a pretty good job he enjoys and is glad to have.

What’s the background of your family member? For Kai’s character the job is demeaning. The government stole his family’s ancestral land and he’s working a crappy job on his own land.

It's not really demeaning though. He might feel some internal conflict - as he expresses to Paula - but he seems to feel like it's a pretty good job, worth holding onto. Then she whispers in his ear...

Yes it is, did you purposely ignore the part about his family’s land being stolen? He’s working this job bc his family doesn’t have a lot of money and he has to support himself somehow, anyone would feel demeaned and maybe even traumatized by working a low wage service job on land they rightfully own. This, by the way, is similar to the real stories of many native Hawaiians, similar to Native Americans here. Are you really this clueless?

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Huh?

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Anonymous wrote: I have a family member who works at a place like the white lotus. It’s a pretty good job compared to others at his education level snd especially in the location. It’s interesting that dcumers are largely viewing the hotel jobs as akin to toiling in the salt mines or inherently very demeaning. My family member would like to make more of course but it’s genuinely a pretty good job he enjoys and is glad to have.

What’s the background of your family member? For Kai’s character the job is demeaning. The government stole his family’s ancestral land and he’s working a crappy job on his own land.

It's not really demeaning though. He might feel some internal conflict - as he expresses to Paula - but he seems to feel like it's a pretty good job, worth holding onto. Then she whispers in his ear...

Yes it is, did you purposely ignore the part about his family’s land being stolen? He’s working this job bc his family doesn’t have a lot of money and he has to support himself somehow, anyone would feel demeaned and maybe even traumatized by working a low wage service job on land they rightfully own. This, by the way, is similar to the real stories of many native Hawaiians, similar to Native Americans here. Are you really this clueless?

Dude. First of all, I used to live in Micronesia - so I am pretty well aware of the situation in the islands and colonialism. Second of all, his family's land was taken well before he was born - he was not forced out of his home. That's a story he tells because it's part of his family lore and history. He is not going to sue to get it back, even with those bracelets. "He" never owned that land - and we saw no evidence that he was "traumatized" working at the hotel, up until Paula convinced him to rob one of the guests. Third of all - wow, you think by definition working in the service industry is demeaning and traumatic?!

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Anonymous wrote:Paula is an UMC or UC POC. She is very comfortable at the posh resort and doesn't seem phased by the luxury around her. Unlike Rachel, who demonstrates some class anxiety by the way she interacts with other characters and how uncomfortable and out of place she looks in most scenes, also walking around with a Goyard bag. Paula on the other hand, is cool, calm and unimpressed, even donning a casual shirt for dinner. Her whole problem is that she IS part of the system and likes to be woke and think she isn't. When she talks with Kai she doesn't commiserate by narrating her own tale of family hardship. She is an example of the hypocrisy of UMC/UC wealthy POC who like to conduct performative activism.

This is a very good point.

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Anonymous wrote:Needs more scenes of Alexandra Daddario in lingerie

She is so ridiculously hot. Good lord.

Basic pretty girl actually. I can see similar « hot » gold diggers in the DMV.

Olivia - Sydney Sweeney - is not too far off either. They really played down her beauty on the show:

https://images.app.goo.gl/JcZSq923NayQtT8FA

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Anonymous wrote: I have a family member who works at a place like the white lotus. It’s a pretty good job compared to others at his education level snd especially in the location. It’s interesting that dcumers are largely viewing the hotel jobs as akin to toiling in the salt mines or inherently very demeaning. My family member would like to make more of course but it’s genuinely a pretty good job he enjoys and is glad to have.

What’s the background of your family member? For Kai’s character the job is demeaning. The government stole his family’s ancestral land and he’s working a crappy job on his own land.

It's not really demeaning though. He might feel some internal conflict - as he expresses to Paula - but he seems to feel like it's a pretty good job, worth holding onto. Then she whispers in his ear...

Yes it is, did you purposely ignore the part about his family’s land being stolen? He’s working this job bc his family doesn’t have a lot of money and he has to support himself somehow, anyone would feel demeaned and maybe even traumatized by working a low wage service job on land they rightfully own. This, by the way, is similar to the real stories of many native Hawaiians, similar to Native Americans here. Are you really this clueless?

Quelle horror. You mean he has to work to support himself like every other adult in the world. It’s shameful that you look down your nose at service workers like Kai.

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Anonymous wrote:Needs more scenes of Alexandra Daddario in lingerie

She is so ridiculously hot. Good lord.

Meh. The Paula actress is hotter.

I agree. And she is a local! She is from Arlington.

Will someone please feed Rachel? She needs a sandwich for god’s sake.

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Rachel has the a ss of a 12 year old