Thursday, March 2, 2023

White Lotus - Season 1

 Above average HBO TV comedy about a group of rich people visiting an expensive Hawaiian resort.  Place is not named, but I'd guess Maui.  It was mixture of good and bad:

The Good

Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett are the comic standouts.  Both are "Alcoholic Lunatics" but we take a while to peel back the layers on "Armond" to find that out.

The other adults are amusing but not consistently so.  Steve Lacy as "Shane" becomes more funny as his feud with Armond becomes more and more involved.  Steve Zahn and Connie Britton as "The Mossbachers" also get better, although Mark's discovery of his Father's double life was laugh out loud hilarious.

The Bad

First, in order to pad out the series, or to appeal to the "Youth Demographic", we get far too focus on the 3 teenagers.  Quinn Mossbacher is a bore, and the same is true of the daughter and her friend.  It didn't take long for me to FF through every scene with these characters, unless they were involved with the older adults.

Second,  we get the typical HBO leftwing,  NPR/Hipster degeneracy and politics. Lots of explicit sex (this time Gay ass kissing),  swearing,  and drug use.  Which we're all supposed to be tittilated or think its funny. Also, lots of talk about "Colonialism" and "White Privilage".  The rich guests are all white and WASPy (not a Jew, Asian, or Indian in sight). The staff are all put-upon  blacks, Polynesians, and Gays.  I'll give the Producers points for making crazy Tanya a BLM supporter while Mrs. Mossbacher loves Hillary Clinton. 

Summary: A mixed bag, but overall enjoyable. Compared to most USA television, this is pretty good. I look forward to Season 2.  But will have my FF in hand. 

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