'The White Lotus' Season 3 Episode 2 Analysis | Delusions & Nihilism
We're talking about Rick's pessimism, the delusions of the rich, another robbery, and the wacked-out Ratliffs.
There are different ways we trick ourselves into contentment, or even peace. In modern times, it's the subject of the self-care industry — massages and baths, wine and resorts, all sorts of 'organic' products in tubs and jars. We've managed to fool ourselves into believing that we can truly care for ourselves through consumerist hedonism. This is part of the cultural and spiritual malaise that The White Lotus has always addressed, and it does so in Season 3, Episode 2 with an excellently edited and very funny montage of wellness treatments that interrogate our notions of self-care. Much of Episode 2, titled "Special Treatments," is about self-delusions like that. If you want a refresher on Episode 1, click here.
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