Those pages hold vacations from vacations, and the new HBO comedy-drama series The White Lotus (streaming in India on Disney+ Hotstar) cannily uses books to flag its weird ensemble of characters. The guests are uniformly entitled, and the resort manager brilliantly likens the hospitality business to that of indulging a child. “The special, chosen baby child of the hotel.”ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTThe guests are a handful, and a predominantly white handful at that. We have waded in too deep, recoiling as we recognise bits of ourselves in these petty guests scattered around this gorgeous, sun-drenched and visually striking series. The White Lotus may pretend to be a beach read, but don’t judge it by its cover.

Source: Mint August 11, 2021 03:32 UTC