Jia Tolentino

Yeah.

Yeah.

He's an incredible negotiator. The point is, is there enough money here for everyone to get their happy ending?

He's an incredible negotiator. The point is, is there enough money here for everyone to get their happy ending?

Say I'm crazy. Say I'm crazy. Yeah, exactly.

Say I'm crazy. Say I'm crazy. Yeah, exactly.

That's really satisfying. And I will say, like, something that I – have quibbled with in White Lotus's past is that, like, by nature, I mean, it's built into the nature of the show that the non-white characters have to be the nice ones because they're the employees. And so they're forced into, like, a structural niceness.

That's really satisfying. And I will say, like, something that I – have quibbled with in White Lotus's past is that, like, by nature, I mean, it's built into the nature of the show that the non-white characters have to be the nice ones because they're the employees. And so they're forced into, like, a structural niceness.

They're on the wrong side of the entitlement that generates all the comedy of the show, like, necessarily. And, you know, it sucks to see Belinda immediately Tanya Pornchai.

They're on the wrong side of the entitlement that generates all the comedy of the show, like, necessarily. And, you know, it sucks to see Belinda immediately Tanya Pornchai.

I know. Well, right.

I know. Well, right.

Yeah. And I'm like, yeah.

Yeah. And I'm like, yeah.

Like stuff has changed. I'm not going to go into this any further.

Like stuff has changed. I'm not going to go into this any further.

She has like the look of sort of distant condescension in her eyes.

She has like the look of sort of distant condescension in her eyes.

I think she plays, I think Natasha Rothwell plays this episode really wonderfully. Like I think she's funny in the negotiation scene. It's funnier when you realize she's faking. You love getting to see her be like, oh, I'm a rich bitch now. Mm-hmm. When that direct deposit hits, we were all like, can you just deposit that much money? Do checking accounts do that?

I think she plays, I think Natasha Rothwell plays this episode really wonderfully. Like I think she's funny in the negotiation scene. It's funnier when you realize she's faking. You love getting to see her be like, oh, I'm a rich bitch now. Mm-hmm. When that direct deposit hits, we were all like, can you just deposit that much money? Do checking accounts do that?