3 Reasons Why the White Lotus Is One of the Best TV Series of Recent Years
The White Lotus is getting ready to surprise again. This time without Jennifer Coolidge, but with many other A-list actors.
On February 16, a new season of The White Lotus started on Max. This series was once conceived as a one-season project, but due to universal love it received a continuation.
What is it about this show about a vacation in an elite hotel that viewers loved so much, and why is it worth watching the third season even if you haven't seen the first two?
1. This Is a Satirical Portrait of Very Different People
In the series, viewers can find characters similar to themselves, friends, or the people they find most unpleasant. The writers make fun of everyone, twisting their flaws to the maximum.
That's why The White Lotus is an excellent social satire: you can argue endlessly about which of the characters is doing the right thing and which is behaving mean. After all, everyone has enough secrets and sins, but at the same time almost everyone wants something good.
2. The Series Shows the Contrast Between the Beauty of Nature and Human Vanity
A series about a vacation in an elite hotel cannot fail to be aesthetic. Especially when it comes from HBO, which creates some of the most beautiful projects on television.
The White Lotus is shot in real locations. Thus, in the first season, the action is interrupted by the most beautiful landscapes of Hawaii. In the second season, the characters make an excursion to the locations of The Godfather.
In the third season, you can admire the beauty of Thailand. Moreover, the creators seem to have decided to devote even more time to the atmosphere itself. The first episode is interrupted by beautiful landscapes with nature, local animals and Buddha statues.
This creates an even stronger contrast between the eternal hustle and bustle of the tourists and the tranquility they could find on vacation.
3. This Is an Unexpected Story With Many Surprises
Each season of The White Lotus follows the same pattern: the action begins with some dark event. In the first season, a body was loaded onto a plane. In the second, a woman on vacation in Sicily found a body in the sea. In the third, the shooting starts in a hotel.
But what really happened, the viewer is kept guessing throughout the season, because after the introduction, the action is rewound a week ago.
But The White Lotus does not become a full-fledged detective story. It is much more interesting to watch the intersections of the characters as the plot progresses. At first, each group of people is left to their own devices, but gradually they collide more and more often.