Good Bye to All That: The White Lotus S1

This week on Good Bye to All That, host Michael T. Ford III is joined by Brandon Katz from Observer.com to discuss HBO's surprise hit "The White Lotus," the comedy-drama television series created, written, and directed by Mike White that had its season finale on August 15, 2021. The show follows the exploits of various hotel guests over the course of a week in an idyllic Hawaiian locale. But as the narrative unfolds, the darker side of the privilege they occupy and the paradise they seek emerges, leading to a variety of tragic outcomes.

Show Topics discussed include:

- How scathing a critique of privilege the show offers

- How the series’ various protagonists changed or didn't over the course of the season

- The tragedy of Belinda, the show's only true hero

- The psychosexual struggle between Olivia and Paula, and the fallout of their conflict

- The ways in which the "bad" choices each character made reflected the realistic over the noble

- The awfulness of the Mossbacher clan, and whether Quinn ultimately escapes their orbit

-The role that Hawaii plays in the series, and whether the cultural aspects being touched upon are ultimately handled with respect and sensitivity

- Rachel's ultimate choice, and where we see her character in 5-10 years

- What we'd like to see in the already green-lit second season of "The White Lotus"

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