What does ‘The White Lotus’ sound like? Both seasons 1 and 2 are characterized by an unsettling blurring of boundaries between music and sound design.
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Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
In the end, nobody gets what they want – but they do, arguably, all get what they deserve.
From the first frame of the theme song, it is clear craft and imagination are deeply valued throughout the show’s entire soundtrack.
Hip hop’s swaggering braggadocio acts as a counterpoint to the Roy family’s rarefied worlds of high finance and plutocratic untouchability.
Unlike Logan, the Roy children appear to have a surface level perception of Scotland as Roman scoffs at “Scottish kicky-ball” and Kendall exclaims: “Dundee in the mother fucking house!”
The three Roy children had a love-hate relationship with their father so losing him has thrown up some difficult feelings they may feel they have to ignore.
The writers strike lays bare all the ills of working on one of the lowest rungs of the entertainment industry.
Some would suggest the solution is simple: cut ties with the parent, limit contact, rid your life of this difficult relationship. But this is often not realistic.
When is a four-figure handbag a fashion faux pas? When you’re a character in Succession, rubbing shoulders with some of the richest and snobbiest elitists ever committed to screen.
Do the show’s fans secretly identify with the characters’ pursuit of power and pleasure?
Raw flour at the store still contains live microorganisms. And while cooking can kill the fungi, it doesn’t destroy any illness-causing mycotoxins that might be present.
While ‘The Last of Us’ is a dramatic projection of a deadly fungal outbreak, it is based, if not in reality, in logic. And it’s a reminder that fungal infections are growing more resistant.
Dangerous fungal infections are on the rise globally. But we have few drugs that work and no prospect of anti-fungal vaccines any time soon.
How The Last of Us bucked the trend for failed video game adaptations and instead added depth to a much beloved game.
Our research into tourism tropes shows how advertising campaigns in Pacific nations recycle some troubling stereotypes.
In this new reality TV series, Nathan Fielder goes to great lengths to help people rehearse future events.
The way streaming platforms operate is changing to tackle falling subscriptions due to the rising cost of living
The show is an accurate representation of how the yakuza see themselves and their culture.
Netflix’s subscription losses are a worrying shift for a business that had previously only seen sustained growth since 2011 – however there’s more nuance to the issue.
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Psychologist and Research Associate in the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University
