The spiky six-part HBO mini-series by Mike White captures the self-delusion and defensiveness of the wealthy white one-percenters in the US
There’s a moment in the fourth episode of The White Lotus, the spiky six-part HBO limited series about a sour week between staff and guests at a Hawaiian resort, that epitomizes the show’s deft grip on the language of privileged self-delusion. Nicole Mossbacher (an unparalleled Connie Britton), the chief financial officer of a Facebook-esque tech company, asks her daughter Olivia (Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney) and friend Paula (Little Voice’s Brittany O’Grady), both bratty college sophomores, for a favor – could they include Olivia’s brother, Quinn (Fred Hechinger) more?
“I don’t think you appreciate how tough things are for kids like Quinn right now,” she explains, rubbing sunscreen on her tanned arms. “He is a straight, white, young man, and nobody has any sympathy for them right now.”
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