TV series The White Lotus reminds us of the worst part of overseas travel: other people
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On the surface,
The White Lotus is the exact type of show those of us in lockdown should be desperately avoiding. Set on a glorious five-star resort in Hawaii, HBO’s comedy-drama series, airing on Binge, is an ode to a pre-pandemic world (even though it was
actually shot in a coronavirus bubble).
Guests mingle without concern, queue greedily at packed breakfast buffets (remember buffets!?), and the only noticeable virus is upper-middle-class privilege. Highly contagious but hardly life-threatening.