'The White Lotus' creator Mike White reflects on how the series examines the dark side of sex — and how, at its heart, is a mix of Survivor and Laverne & Shirley.
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It's not what drives him, White says, but of course he enjoys when people see and are engaged with his work. So maybe these mysterious deaths – which White describes as building to an"operatic or tragic" ending for the characters – will be a defining characteristic of the"It clearly is something that drives interest in the show.
Originally I had a different idea. ... And then we went scouting for hotels and we went to the hotel that we ended up choosing, which was in Taormina [in Italy], San Domenico Palace, which is a renovated convent. And it's just a very spectacular hotel. It seemed like the perfect place to set the show. ... The original idea was more [about] heavy hitters in business, more about power.
And then I got there and I was like, this is not the right place for that kind of topic. It gave me the idea that to focus more on sexual jealousy and adultery and infidelity and a more operatic kind of bedroom farce. [In] the first season, we did so much about privilege and about how money is used as a wedge between relationships, both intimate and in even surface relationships.
It's funny, though, how now that the show is airing, how much you realize a graphic sex scene or a sex scene that kind of is titillating for various reasons, does just spike and generate an interest in the populace, for better or worse.
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