The White Lotus (TV Series)

The Lotus-Eaters (2021)

Brittany O'Grady: Paula

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• Nicole Mossbacher : Paula, are you feeling better? Your migraine?

  Paula : Yeah. Much better. Thanks.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Is that why you couldn't stay for dinner last night?

  Olivia Mossbacher : Paula was disturbed by the entertainment.

  Nicole Mossbacher : The hula dancing?

  Mark Mossbacher : Oh, you're, you're allergic to fire?

  Olivia Mossbacher : It bothers her to watch Hawaiians have to dance for a bunch of white people.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Oh. I think it's just a way for them to honor their culture. And they seemed to be having a really good time.

  Mark Mossbacher : Look, obviously, imperialism was bad. Shouldn't kill people, steal their land, and then make them dance. Everybody knows that. But it's humanity. Welcome to history. Welcome to America. I mean, what are we gonna do, huh? Really. Nobody cedes their privilege. That's absurd. And it goes against human nature. We're all just trying to win the game of life. How are we, how are we gonna make it right? Hmm? Should we give away all our money? Would you like that, Liv? Hmm? Yeah, that's what I thought. Mm-hmm. Maybe we should just feel shitty about ourselves all the time for the crimes of the past? Wear a hair shirt and not go on vacation?

• Paula : Just one of those bracelets, just one, is worth 75,000 dollars. Kai, think what you can do with that. You know, you could finally hire a good lawyer to fight these fuckers.

  Kai : Oh, shit. Paula, I...

  Paula : You can help your brothers. They won't give you shit for taking this job, that's for sure, not after the way you come through for them like this.

  Kai : I just, I don't, I don't, I don't steal from people, you know?

  Paula : They stole from you. They stole all of this from you. You know that.

  Kai : But it's different. It's... It's different people.

  Paula : No, they're the same people. They're all the same people. Don't you see they're all the same people? All of these people, at some point, have stolen from someone like you. And they don't need it. They won't even miss it. They have all this money, and they don't even know what to do with it. And then there's someone like you who's struggling.

  Kai : I know, but...

  Paula : That's not right.

  Kai : I agree. But I just... Aren't these people, like, your friends? Like...

  Paula : They're not my friends. No, they're not my friends.