Peg FOMOs "The Crazy Show" …

No rest for TC as Peg’s FOMO needs addressing. Read on! —the editor

Peg
Hey, buddy! Gotta minute?

TC
What’s up?

Peg
Where’s the remote?

TC
Uh… Peg, you have no fingers…

Peg
Well can you put on the TV?

TC
Come on, now. I’m trying to catch some sleep.

Peg
I know. I know. But I really want to watch more of that crazy show.

TC
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?

Peg
No, but that’s crazy too, especially that Dorit. And Sutton. And the Chucky girl.

TC
Can you be a little more specific?

Peg
You watch it every week.

TC
Matlock?

Peg
You think that’s a crazy show?!? No, no, no. That is a good show on that network with the eye.

TC
Ghosts? Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage? THE VIEW????

Peg
Nope. Nope. Nope…

TC
So, what show is it?

Peg
It is that crazy show in Thailand. Palm trees and wild life.

TC
Hang on… You mean The White Lotus.

Peg
Yeah, the one that guy Max gets us.

TC
LOL, Max! That’s funny. Even for you.

Peg
Smart ass.

TC
Tee Hee

Peg
I am totally intrigued by this show. Especially because I never had seen you so involved in it. We mostly watch those travel videos from that Jeb guy, and those airline geeks.

TC
Yup, that is my innocuous television. The news has been mostly stupid lately.

Peg
No argument there.

TC
Well Peg, let me tell you about The White Lotus. At least then you’ll might be able to remember the name.

Peg
Oh… Okay.

TC
The White Lotus is like an old friend. An old crazy nut job friend.
Got its start during the COVID shutdown (5 years ago).

It’s creator, Mike White, is a Hollywood veteran of reality television and various drama and film projects.

[Look up Chuck and Buck and the Reality TV stalwart Survivor. He snuck into the opening of Nicole Kidman’s remake of The Stepford Wives. No, he wasn’t a Stepford wife.]

What it is About…

He created The White Lotus. The show revolves around several exclusive Four Seasons style resorts. Starting in Maui during the pandemic, White took advantage of a closed resort to set the scene of a unique drama. Basically, problems with rich white guys, and the staff, locals, fellow tourists, and not to mention all the “excess baggage”. The show is a character study with, lots of characters.

Creator White has a bent since of humor, which has been refreshing and inclusive. He has written and directed all the episodes. He puts actors in his show that he admires. He put character comedienne actress Jennifer Coolidge on the Emmy radar. Murray Bartlett too.

Cameos include Sam Rockwell, Molly Shannon, Tom Hollinger. Nothing boring or ordinary.

Locations? Maui, Italy, Thailand.

Where next?

The seasons are short and sweet. 6 in season 1, 7 in season 2, and 8 episodes are scheduled this year. Season 4 is ordered by HBO/Max.

The White Lotus feel a lot like is a movie from 1999: American Beauty.

That Sam Mendes-directed, Oscar-winning Best Picture led to other early TV shows like Six Feet Under, and even Mad Men.

These movies and TV shows are like an onion: many layers. I get intrigued by shows that go off the beaten path. Nothing is off limits, and to some, quite shocking.

Quality and exotic locals are the foundation. The writing and direction are the fruit.

TC
Are you snoring??

Jolted awake, Peg responds.

Peg
Oh…sorry ’bout that. Are you finished?

TC
There’s more… Stick with me.

TC is waving the remote and that gets Peg’s attention.

TC
Long before you arrived, I stated watching “The Lotus”… Season one on an airplane. Talk about FOMO! I had to wait over a year to finish the season.

Peg
Yikes!

TC
Actually, the timing was perfect. I subscribed to HBOMax, now Max, just before Season Two. The actors’ and writers’ strike delayed season three for almost 3 years.

Peg
Wow!

That’s a Wrap!!

TC
Okay… It’s showtime (er… Max Time)!
I’ll set you up with closed captioning so I can sleep, got it?

Peg
Got it, Buddy!

And as Peg settled in, TC chuckled to himself. So easy to binge… a water cooler show that is the topic of discussion… front of mind.
No wonder Peg wants the remote. Poor baby. She has no fingers.

Thanks for reading!