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Mediocre_Nova t1_iy0dn9h wrote

Reply to comment by Interactive_CD-ROM in White Lotus Season 2 by spectacleskeptic

I don't think you understand the show

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Interactive_CD-ROM t1_iy0gvss wrote

I guess I don’t

If I understood it, would that make me like it more? It just rubs me the wrong way

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oldgeek123 t1_iy0pli0 wrote

The adultery is clearly viewed in a negative light. It isn’t depicted in a sexy way at all but a critical one.

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Interactive_CD-ROM t1_iy0zck4 wrote

I suppose that is true

Maybe it’s the way they portray the characters doing the cheating, like if course they have to be overtly sexual and ridiculously attractive.

I mean, I get it, but I also think it’s just like… idk, trying to fulfill the viewer’s dream of hooking up with someone super hot? Like romanticizes the idea? I wish there were more straight men (in the acting sense) to relate to. Give me a normal human being, I suppose.

I don’t care all that much. I do like the show, I think I just need to see a therapist lmao

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NoDiver7283 t1_iy1ww36 wrote

dont be scared to share your opinion, it's just downvotes who cares

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[deleted] t1_iy2kavz wrote

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oldgeek123 t1_iy3dqn1 wrote

I did not, but that is interesting having read that comment chain (I have no problem with spoilers hehe). I haven't watched that one yet, but the way it sounds and from what was said in the episode before we kind of knew she cheated on him as well. It's clear that relationship is toxic and the "intimacy and closeness" they have is completely fake.

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BillMurrie t1_iy0raqx wrote

Adultery is kind of the point of this season, emphasized with those weird totems that were explained to us in EP 1. If that's not your cup of tea, I totally get it, depictions of cheating make me uncomfortable too, but the showrunners clearly have a vision of how they want these characters depicted. They're not glorifyin it though, I'm not sure that there's a single sympathetic character in the show, and that's the point they're trying to drive home. Think 'Its Always Sunny' but in a dramedy.

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Mediocre_Nova t1_iy0xxzs wrote

The characters aren't supposed to be likeable, the first season's cast wasn't either

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