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TriscuitCracker t1_itqdbt8 wrote

S1 was fine...well acted and definitely gorgeous to look at...but I just didn't care about any of these terrible people.

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PaintMyTaint t1_itqn9qd wrote

The point of this show was lost on you

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pp21 t1_itqog4p wrote

I will never understand people who can't enjoy shows because the characters are bad people. Like can you only enjoy something if there's people you can root for? Good versus evil type scenario? White Lotus is satire so of course most of the cast will be irredeemable people who you dislike -- that's the point. Like, I couldn't imagine not liking Succession because the Roy family is made up of the worst humans on earth.. that's what makes the show so good

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Bernard_Rimmer t1_itqqa82 wrote

You don't understand people having different preferences?

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mooslapper t1_itqt02x wrote

I think the point of the guys comment was to point out the shallowness of using that as a reason not to like something

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VitaminTea t1_itra26v wrote

Yes and some of those preferences are dumb and wrong.

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Camus____ t1_itugxhp wrote

Yeah but then it becomes voyeuristic. Succession is the same. I deal with enough real monsters and cunts on a daily basis that I don’t need to watch them in an imagined show.

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difficultmind t1_itqgamt wrote

After hearing this criticism I was surprised by how I was actually quite... okay with most of the characters? They acted pretty much like most of the rich folk I know. Like Shane was quite pathetic and unpleasant, but his >!complaint about not getting the room his mom paid extra for was valid and him killing Armand was in misplaced self-defense!<. Only one I actively disliked was Sydney Sweeney's character - and that was mostly because of that obnoxious voice she put on. In fact, I felt like compared to most of the "eat the rich" films/ TV these days "The White Lotus" was quite lenient to the 1%.

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Chataboutgames t1_itqlxcm wrote

They were fairly down to Earth characters. It's not like any of them were depicted as absolute monsters, just varying degrees of normal to asshole. But you combine that with money and some people just can't empathize.

The teenage girls were awful.

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NoInvestment2079 t1_itrvao5 wrote

Sweeney's character was def someone who would keep a copy of Infinite Jest on her bookshelf, but never actually read it.

Steve Zahn was the best though.

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machaca_master t1_itscs8f wrote

As someone who failed to read infinite jest, I feel attacked

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JGUsaz t1_itvtjs2 wrote

Her friend was the worst she literally ruined a guys life for petty revenge

While the other people were therr for holiday or vacation, they were assholes but not malicious like she was, the newlywed dude wanted the room they paid for and the hotel was messing him around

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buzzinthruit89 t1_itswwmm wrote

I genuinely had no problem with Connie’s character and actually found her pretty likable lol

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Enjoy_Your_Win t1_itqgwry wrote

> I felt like compared to most of the “eat the rich” films/ TV these days “The White Lotus” was quite lenient to the 1%.

You just answered your own question as to why people on Reddit disliked the show and the characters. Reddit has a massive hate boner for the rich.

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sml6174 t1_itqm2x9 wrote

~ guy who doesn't want to be eaten

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Enjoy_Your_Win t1_itqpwww wrote

I’m not rich. I just don’t blindly hate the rich like so many of you sycophants on Reddit.

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IonHazzikostasIsGod t1_itspa3k wrote

they don't care about you and you're spending your limited time defending them

w i l d

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Enjoy_Your_Win t1_itsphg0 wrote

Refugees of war-torn countries don’t care about me either. Does that make it dumb to spend my time defending them?

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ViralGameover t1_itqvd65 wrote

My issue with Season 1 was both the acting and the look of it but I thought the character work was fine.

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