Misogyny & Flawed Femininity

It took me a while to start watching The White Lotus.

Well, two months. Not exactly a punishable offense; one simply doesn’t have time to watch everything, and the amount of content out there in the wilderness is brutal. Way too much noise. And writing & Netflix do not make a happy, compatible couple.

Yet, when so many people praise a single show, day-in day-out, I tend to budge. The verdict was in; take a day off and binge.

And wow.

I was jealous.

Sometimes I watch or read something, and get flustered about the amount of talent I just witnessed. The writing is just — impeccable. No scene that leaves you thinking there is a hole in the storyline here or there, or a plotline that’s not layered or believable.

The level of focus this kind of writing requires, the way the characters are built and the stories connect; simply astounding. I felt as if I needed to bow, at the end of Season 2.