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The White Lotus has turned me into a sadist

The White Lotus has turned me into a sadist

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Tom Barrie
Mar 22, 2025
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Like everyone and their mother1, I’ve been watching season three of Mike White’s The White Lotus for the past few weeks. TWL is many things to many people – beguiling holiday porn to some, human-foible dark comedy to others, eat-the-rich hate-fodder to most. Like seasons one and two, this incarnation of the series has been populated by a melange of weird…

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