The White Lotus (2021)
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
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…most strongly, in Mike White’s ‘The White Lotus,’ which starts its second season on HBO on Sunday.
The “chic” emphasis of late on how much rich people fucking blow (see also: The White Lotus, Hellraiser, Bodies Bodies Bodies) has been crystallized at perhaps its finest in Ruben Östlund’s latest film, Triangle of Sadness…
Anyone familiar with Luis Buñuel – hell, anyone who has watched Succession or The White Lotus on HBO – already has a pretty good idea about what it has to say.
It’s the kind of conceit we have seen many times in recent years, whether through Mike White’s “The White Lotus,” Jesse Armstrong’s “Succession,” or Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness.”
From The Menu (2022) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), to Parasite, The White Lotus (2021-) and the Knives Out series, these types of stories increasingly show how much this anti-high-society sentiment resonates with so many viewers.
…his right-hand man (White Lotus breakout Leo Woodall)…
Paired with the German-American translator, Sgt. Howie Triest (The White Lotus ensemble member Leo Woodall)…
Leo Woodall (a baddie in the conspiracy to kill Jennifer Coolidge in “The White Lotus” Season 2)…
Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) as a young U.S. Army translator with a consequential secret.
…especially Leo Woodall (best known for the second season of The White Lotus)…
Even his trusty translator, a young sergeant called Howie Triest (Leo Woodall, of "The White Lotus"), soon has his number.