It was an independent kingdom annexed by the U.S. at the end of the 19th century. They are culturally, historically, ethnically, geografically so removed from America that their reality and struggles cannot be erased by the oversimplification of the term American.

Just because Hawaii is a state doesn’t mean that native Hawaiians haven’t experienced oppression and unfair treatment at the hands of the U.S. government.

Nothing on the BLM mixup?!?

My feeling from Paula is that she’s a not-rich person struggling to fit into a rich person’s world.  I’m not exactly sure how she met and befriended Olivia (my guess is that they’re dorm roomies) but stepping into Olivia’s world has her trying to emulate Olivia’s behavior in some ways.  She’s definitely rude to…

Sure, but in the same way as Native Americans are Americans and reservations are subject to most of the same federal and state laws as any other city, native Hawaiians have their own traditions and language.  If you were telling a story that was set alongside or in a reservation, it would be very weird to not spend…

I find it very hard to care about Olivia at all. She seems to be a massive c*nt and I guess they’re trying to explain why she’s that way but ugh. No thanks. She’s not an anti-hero she’s just a c*nt.

Shane has probably been accused of gaslighting at some point in his life but has no idea what it is. It makes sense that a spoiled person would adopt the terminology of the abused/oppressed.

The room drama is really unrealistic and kind of pointless at this point. Unless it ends up with Quinn being killed by a whale.

Are we supposed to take the fact that Connie Britton is the CFO of basically Google, but doesn’t book a suite with multiple rooms for her multiple children as proof that she’s a bad parent? Or is it just a somewhat lazy story choice used to create drama? It really bugs me!!

I have a hard time believing the wealthy mom paid for her son’s honeymoon vacation with a debit card. And yes, I wouldn’t want to deal with the bank either; I would dispute the charges with the resort. I’ve never stayed anywhere as nice as the White Lotus, but most of the places I’ve stayed give a final bill when…

I don’t know if you know rich people. the pettiness I think is toned down on this show.

Hacks. Hacks! Hacks is the answer to your question!

Connie Britton not Connie Nielson.  I’m not sure you know what lazy writing is, because White Lotus is not that.

Well, given Steve Zahn’s character’s age, and the fact that his father died when he was a teen, this means his father very likely had AIDS when that disease emerged in the early 80's, and at that time, it was predominantly found in the gay community. I’m going to give the writers the benefit of the doubt here and say,…

When it comes to the college girl getting jealous over her friend seeing that guy, my guess is since the former is the richer girl and the friend is just tagging along, there’s probably some unwritten rule that the friend can’t have what the rich girl doesn’t. That’s probably something that’s gonna come to a head in a…

I’m enjoying this show so far, and I am so sorry for Quinn being stuck with his shit family.

I’m surprised many critics gushed over this show. Two episodes in, it’s nothing original nor interesting. The satire is heavy-handed, especially the overwrought score that gets annoying. The characters are mostly caricatures. I read a TV critic’s tweets that found the two teens an accurate representation of Gen Z.…

<<Now let’s put Coolidge in a role with Jean Smart and watch the internet blow up.>>

You are the smartest person I’ve encountered today. That would be amazing. 

Warning: If you can turn off or tune out the advance previews, there were too many spoilers to my mind, most certainly regarding the teens. Hate when that happens.