Who cares about The White Lotus? For at least eight years now, since the debut of Big Little Lies in 2017, HBO has been pumping out nominal satires of the ultra-wealthy. From the travails of the Monterey Five through Succession, Industry, House of the Dragon, The Righteous Gemstones, The Idol, Winning Time, and, of course, The Gilded Age, the premium cable network’s most consistent narrative move for the better part of a decade has been putting a bunch of rich folks in a room and pointing at them. The political postures of these series vary widely, from agnosticism to contempt to affectionate ribbing.
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