Ciao

I know that Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) is loved by the critics. I know that many fans find her hilarious. I know that she won an Emmy for the role. But I want to kill her. Call me callous but Tanya is absolutely the most annoying character I think i have ever seen. Neurotic, needy, selfish, inconsiderate, sour, . . . I run out of words. Nonetheless I watch the show because it's otherwise so good. I originally quit Season 1 in the middle of episode 2 because it didn't seem to be going anywhere. The favorable critical hoopla led me back to it and I ended up loving it, especially the loathsome Cameron. Season 2 is even better, largely due to Aubrey Plaza, Haley Lu Richardson (the delightful Portia), and the engaging Beatrice Grannò and Simona Tabasco as the two local Italian girls.

We can argubly say that this season wasn't nessecery? Of course but whatsoever it's marvelous atmosphere, cringe humor and lots of beginnings to the new plots like for example relation this young pair of people, hooker's and going on further. The big part of the show takes in Italy which can say to us that this is a deep drama of various men and women.

The riches ones and others are starting to sticking eachother but that doesn't mean there fighting of something like that. Aubrey Plaza is stealing this show and play fabulous role. Her performance shines. Nicely done 1 episode.

Waiting with excitement for the next one.

The series "The White Lotus - season 2" likewise season 1 is very well written, with an amazing assembly cast and with parallel stories that hold the viewer's attention. Writer and director Mike White this time around, creates his White Lotus resort in beautiful Taormina, Italy and he couldn't have chosen a more perfect culture to place his strange characters in. A mixture of Italian tradition, mafia, romance, comedy, family, sexuality, with American self-centeredness.

Not only does Jennifer Jennifer Coolidge shine enormously again as Tania, but also Adam DiMarco as Albie, Haley Lu Richardson as Portia, Simona Tabasco as Lucia, Will Sharpe as Ethan, Aubrey Plaza as Harper, Beatrice Grannò as Mia, Sabrina Impacciatore as Valentina, Leo Woodall as Jack. Each one of them was perfect in characterizing their characters.

Very funny first episode. The sex scene between Tanya and Greg was hilarious. Jennifer Coolidge cracks me up, she's amazingly funny, the scene with her assistant at the restaurant was also memorable. It's enough to see her to know you'll have a good laugh.

I was afraid of the Italian cast, italian actors are not the greatest, but they were all pretty convincing, especially Sabrina Impacciatore, she made me laugh more than a few times.

The plot is very simplistic for now, we'll have to wait a little more to know if the season is worthy, but the tone of the first season is still here, it's fun and full of dark humour. Also the sicilian location is an interesting choice. I'm curious to see what will happen next.

After a great first season, it was interesting to see what Mike White was going to cook up for the show in its sophomore year. Originally conceived as a limited series, HBO got him to come back to do another season, and I was excited to see if he could find a way to keep it fresh, but without treating the same steps that he did last time. It's a whole new cast - with the exception of Jennifer Coolidge and Jon Gries - and new hotel. And it's already off to a promising start and it's changing up the game and adding more big social themes.

It continues on the idea of introducing a huge ensemble cast and slowly bringing their stories together by bringing them together and it seems like it's continuing with the great pace of the first season. And the new cast is already off to a swinging start with a lot of great names being added to the roster. F. Murray Abraham and Meghann Fahy are already standing out with great representations of the two sides that this show is trying to tackle. It's still going on with the class satire and that is as funny as it has ever been (although one can't help but feel very bad for Haley Lu Richardson's Portia), but it's also delving into a pool of gender issues, showing how the effect of the many movements that sprung from the #MeToo-movement impacts rich people. An interesting idea and something that will definitely keep the show going on a fresh course for this second season, if they are able to continue to balance the two. The style is very much intact, and while the music has been subtly changed to fit its Italian setting, it still sounds amazing and shows a lot of creativity on behalf of composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer. Mike White has used most of his career to write in the comedy field, but with this show, he's showing that knows how to compose drama brilliantly. The season is off to an amazing and refreshing start, although some things may feel a bit too similar to the first season.

"Ciao" is a great beginning and White enhances his own job by introducing another big social theme into the mix, so far with great results. The new cast is great and fits into this world flawlessly, and the production value is off the charts as usual with the subtle changes showing off the talent behind.