The White Lotus – A Satirical Criticism for the Current Status of Decolonization in the International Order

The White Lotus is a satirical drama series that tells a theatrical story of wealthy vacationers and their interactions with their hotel staff at the White Lotus Resort. Unlike most drama series, The White Lotus lacks a distinct plotline in a sequence. The six episodes in the first season are a display of various fragments of characters’ psychological states. The characters all have names in the show, but as the show progresses, their names become insignificant. Each character represents a group of people behind them, a certain race, a certain type. From this perspective, The White Lotus aims to display a universally common mental state of humanity under the highly developed social context – diffusion, bewilderedness, and liberation. The series offers sharp commentary on the complexity of privilege, power, and the American dream; set against the idyllic backdrop of the picturesque island. The White Lotus paints a vivid image of how the West avoids the consequences of their exploitative actions on all racial, economic, and cultural levels. This view highlights the colonized peoples’ industrious yet futile attempt to establish a new order in society due to the path dependency of the international order.