“Identity is a prison.”
We’re only one episode into The White Lotus’ much-anticipated third season. But let me posit already that this throwaway line may well prove to be the central thesis of Mike White’s latest sojourn into the world of affluent and clueless tourists who travel far afield to try (and maybe fail) to find themselves.
This time around, we’ve left the mellow vibes of Hawaii and the operatic ones of Sicily to alight in Thailand, where from the get-go we’ve been offered the very thing every season of The White Lotus hinges on: a violent death. Call it formulaic but it’s been fascinating…