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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved it from the first episode. It may not be for you.

I travelled a lot in high end places when I was dating someone who made a lot of money. If you haven't done that, or worked in one of these places, it may not resonate as much with you.[/quote]

Good god you status obsessed strivers are so transparent. Yes, people who don’t “get” your cringy soap opera written by a gay man must be proles who’ve never been anywhere. lol[/quote]

What does the writer being gay have anything to do with anything? Wut[/quote]

Same reason SATC was rubbish. What does a childless gay bachelor know about about relationships, marriages, kids, and families? Absolutely nothing. The show is nothing but degenerate rubbish. But it’s always humorous to see the nitwit proles convince themselves they’re watching genius.[/quote]

I agree on SATC, which I found deeply unrealistic about both dating and female friendships -- a strange fantasy.

But Mike White is a thoughtful observer of relationships, marriages, kids and families. He has a really interesting background and upbringing, which I think is a big part of it. His dad was an evangelical preacher who came out as gay, late in life. White was actually one of the first people to learn his dad was gay, because he read some of his dad's journals as a kid. Later on, White watched his dad come out publicly, and the impact on his career as a preacher and relationships with people from the evangelical community. Then also watching his parents divorce over this (amicably) and then his dad beginning to date men in midlife. I think through all of this, Mike White was observing how everyone in his family and community reacted to these events, with curiosity and not judgment. Growing up in a family with those kind of dramatic shifts in relationships and identity, but still retaining a loving, supportive family (from the sound of it) I think helped White develop his style as a filmmaker and storyteller, where he is often looking for the raw truth at the heart of a relationship, underneath what people might say or present to the world publicly, but he isn't judgmental or shaming about it.

His show Enlightened has a similar outlook to White Lotus but, IMO, a much more optimistic tone. Also he is able to dive in deeper on the characters because it's focused on one woman and then the handful of people in her orbit, instead of a large and varied ensemble whose stories only overlap in minimal ways.[/quote]

Totally agree on Mike White. I think he's a genius. He does have a high interest in sexual confusion and I think prudish people get very overwhelmed by that part and disregard the show. But just listen to the way his actors talk about him, and how Belinda and Greg signed onto the 3rd season without even knowing what the storyline would be for them (the actor who plays Greg said he would sign up even if Greg was on "all fours eating dog food out of a bowl.") They love him and are so, so loyal to him. He's an extremely perceptive observer of human nature.

Also, I think the answer to "what am i missing" is that in addition to being perceptive about humans, it's VERY FUNNY. my husband and I are laughing the whole time. I think the people who are missing the humor will not get why it's so compelling.

For fans -- the WhiteLotusHBO reddit is FANTASTIC. Lots of theorizing and sharing the best jokes. [/quote]

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