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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 3 years late, but recently watched White Lotus and definitely am on the [b]"Rachel is not hot" [/b]side of the fence. It just wasn't believable to me that Shane would have been that into Rachel - especially since they were crossing class lines.

[I]Luckiest Girl Alive[/i] did this same story line much better. Like Shane, Luke was the elitely-educated laxer turned finance bro. Both men, as written, would have had their pick of women and I totally bought that Luke would have seen Ani across the room, have been attracted to her confidence and charisma, and would have accepted her lack of privileged upbringing. Not so much Shane and Rachel. Rachel was a bit derpy and boring from a personality perspective. Plus, she didn't have the best hair/makeup/costumes to help me believe Shane saw past the blandness to pure physical attraction either. Each time the show referred to her as hot it felt way more "tell" than "show." So likely a miscast and physical issue.

Of course, there's no way in [I]Luckiest[/i] that Ani wouldn't have secured the bag by marrying Luke, but that's a whole different story. Girl wanted to massive ring, husband in finance, and summers in Nantucket too badly.[/quote]

I didnt' even know this was a debate.....

That's Alexandra Daddario.  One of the hottest women on the planet.

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+1, I think you are supposed to accept it as a given that Rachel is gorgeous because Alexandra Daddario is drop dead gorgeous.

Also, Shane strikes me as both incredibly shallow and also not very smart, so it doesn't seem surprising to me at all that he would fall for the super hot, tall, media writer who no doubt thinks everything about his life is amazing because she's never had access to the same things. Like she's going to be the girl who is blown away by every date, every gift, every party, because she can't believe she's even allowed in the same room as any of it. Meanwhile, the women who actually are from Shane's background are going to have MUCH higher standards, will sniff out his weird relationship with his mom and his anger management issues immediately, and will not be won over by Shane just dropping cash on nice vacations or letting her buy whatever clothes/jewelry she wants. That aspect of the relationship would be considered a given for a woman from Shane's background, and they'd be looking closely at his actual personality and behavior, which is suspect.

I find Shane's and Rachel's relationship pretty believable even if it's not super common. They are both deeply flawed people and as with a lot of highly dysfunctional relationships, their flaws were part of their draw to one another. Rachel is insecure and is drawn to Shane's wealth and overconfidence, which she has naively viewed as a solution to her problem of being insecure and broke. But, twist, Shane is also deeply insecure and uses his wealth and looks to try and cover that up, turning him basically into a narcissist, who is enabled by his mother who is also a narcissist and does the same shit. The present the illusion of a gorgeous young couple who have it all when really they are both deeply broken, insecure people seeking validation in all the wrong places. Tale as old as time.[/quote]
Interesting take. Hadn’t thought of this, but it’s spot on. [/quote]

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