I was deeply engaged the whole time - you made it seem effortless to conjure up all these threads. I’m gonna be thinking about that last line for a while
So many good inferences about desite and the effect it can have on you. Accepting desire and knowing it can never be fulfilled vs struggling endlessly to get ever closer to that object of desire.
My thoughts are not coherent but this piece gives me a lot of profound feelings as someone who has struggled with desire.
Good point about the "torturing wealthy people" arc, I'd include Parasite in that too. All too easily forgotten for some entertainment and maybe cathartic release, so it's good to see s show push into trying to say some other things about power, sex, cruelty, etc. even at the risk of missing the landing.
The Frank character highlights and hits home the theme of power, being addicted to it and subverting reality to its highs, but man is fallible, and accepting that has social and familial implications, something like that. Well said.
I am a 67 year old white male married to one woman for 39 years. For the last 27 of the years my wife has battled depression and been quite lethargic. For the sake of my 4 kids, I wrote the stories of our romance before and after our marriage to introduce them to the lively, vivacious exciting woman I married and why our marriage has continued despite all. There's not an internet meme in it. Its 40 pages about 10 years of our lives. Would this be of any interest to you?
I haven't seen season 3 yet, but love this interpretation of its themes! Buddhist thought is experiencing a rise in popularity at the moment, as it is seen as an 'alternative' to western religions. It's about cyclical acceptance, trust, and learning to let go of obsession. The doomed individuals in White Lotus may not be killed for their 'crimes of power,' but they are assigned their burdens accordingly, as they are unable to unburden themselves from their material obsessions. The scene with Frank stands out so much because he is explicitly honest about what he is addicted to. His only option is to fully abstain, but there is no self-flagellation or repentance tacked onto that abstinence, as there would be with, say, Christianity. Frank is simply accepting his deep flaws, his issues with sexual domination and the desire to be subjugated while maintaining full control. I'll have to watch this season with the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in mind now, because rich people doing 'eat pray love' vacations seems to be the farthest thing from actual Buddhism, but your analysis has pulled it into the picture!
I was deeply engaged the whole time - you made it seem effortless to conjure up all these threads. I’m gonna be thinking about that last line for a while
Why is it, that humans spend such an unseemly amount of energy trying to be something that they are not?
Just wow. What a great piece.
So many good inferences about desite and the effect it can have on you. Accepting desire and knowing it can never be fulfilled vs struggling endlessly to get ever closer to that object of desire.
My thoughts are not coherent but this piece gives me a lot of profound feelings as someone who has struggled with desire.
Just wow. What a great piece.
If you allow yourself to be controlled by your desire then it can change
Good point about the "torturing wealthy people" arc, I'd include Parasite in that too. All too easily forgotten for some entertainment and maybe cathartic release, so it's good to see s show push into trying to say some other things about power, sex, cruelty, etc. even at the risk of missing the landing.
The Frank character highlights and hits home the theme of power, being addicted to it and subverting reality to its highs, but man is fallible, and accepting that has social and familial implications, something like that. Well said.
I am a 67 year old white male married to one woman for 39 years. For the last 27 of the years my wife has battled depression and been quite lethargic. For the sake of my 4 kids, I wrote the stories of our romance before and after our marriage to introduce them to the lively, vivacious exciting woman I married and why our marriage has continued despite all. There's not an internet meme in it. Its 40 pages about 10 years of our lives. Would this be of any interest to you?
I haven't seen season 3 yet, but love this interpretation of its themes! Buddhist thought is experiencing a rise in popularity at the moment, as it is seen as an 'alternative' to western religions. It's about cyclical acceptance, trust, and learning to let go of obsession. The doomed individuals in White Lotus may not be killed for their 'crimes of power,' but they are assigned their burdens accordingly, as they are unable to unburden themselves from their material obsessions. The scene with Frank stands out so much because he is explicitly honest about what he is addicted to. His only option is to fully abstain, but there is no self-flagellation or repentance tacked onto that abstinence, as there would be with, say, Christianity. Frank is simply accepting his deep flaws, his issues with sexual domination and the desire to be subjugated while maintaining full control. I'll have to watch this season with the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in mind now, because rich people doing 'eat pray love' vacations seems to be the farthest thing from actual Buddhism, but your analysis has pulled it into the picture!