6 Tweets Feb 17, 2023
#TheWhiteLotus is back on October 30 โ€” and taking place in Sicily! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Hereโ€™s what you need to know about the second season, without giving any spoilers. vox.com
The second season of #TheWhiteLotus is occupied with mortality โ€” specifically, the flailing ways humans try to forget mortality in a time of apocalypse.
Watching it happen, all we can do is grimace and chuckle nervously, writes @alissamarie. vox.com
#TheWhiteLotus on @HBOmax vividly dissects the entrenched systems of power that rule the planet with an iron fist. Yet on some level, it does not believe those systems can be changed โ€” only observed. vox.com
The first season of #TheWhiteLotus was also picked apart (with varying degrees of success) for its portrayal of racial and class divides that accompany the lives of the very wealthy. vox.com
A key to watching this season of The White Lotus is keeping an eye on the faces in the background. Theyโ€™re always watching: magnificent frescoes, busts, and statues, or paintings hung on the walls. vox.com
Youโ€™re best off watching this season of #TheWhiteLotus with our own apocalypse in mind โ€” not, of course, that you can really push that knowledge off anyhow. That raises a pressing question: is watching TV to escape the world a bit like nibbling the lotus? vox.com

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