Today I stumbled upon an interview with the cast where most of them describe Cameron as the most heinous/evil one of all characters (with the notable exception of the actor who plays him and probably understands him a bit more). That's when I remembered this post.
I don't think Cameron is pure evil. I don't even think he is jealous of Ethan's success and that it's the reason he does what he does with Harper.
In fact, I am sure that if Ethan hadn't had his exit, Cameron would act exactly the same on this vacation.
He is sociopathic, yes, but he operates on a different playing field. A primal one. And I even believe that he really does love his friend.
This show is a fascinating study of the modern human condition, I've never seen anything like it. Especially this season where the characters are even more real and three-dimensional than the previous season's.
I can’t stop reading others’ takes because they’re so revealing! I’ve been skulking around on Reddit, for example, where you see a wide range of posts on this subject: that Cameron is “evil,” that Harper is “right,” that Bert is “problematic,” etc. It reminds me a little of being at a party in update NY in 1999 and seeing a group of young men who’d shaved their heads and were punching each other: “We just saw Fight Club! It was fuckin awesome!”
It must be extremely fun and funny to make art that is regularly interpreted to mean virtually the exact opposite of what you intended. The idea of “White Lotus” as a morality play is truly hilarious!
Surprised the cast had that view, though! But I get it; he’s certainly a complicated figure.
I love this and I love you. I read the dichotomy of the couples slightly differently. In my interpretation, Harper and Ethan are portrayed as “good” (not “authentic”) and Cameron and Daphne as “bad” (not performative) but we then realize that the opposite is true because everyone performs, but Cameron and Daphne do so authentically. It’s the transparency between their inner selves and their performed selves that makes them good. The show condemns the fight that leads to complexity and confusion in favor of surrendering to what simply just is.
I think that’s right; good / bad and authentic / fake serve similar purposes in the discourse of judgment. I’m *extremely* curious how this’ll unfold over the season, whether they’ll remain so ambiguous (in their ways) or will someone wind up being categorized as really “actually” good / bad!
She wouldn’t merge, Jerry! (I think in one of the episodes, Cameron refers to Ethan and Harper as “codependent,” and I think I’ve always had that tendency myself).
Albie definitely has big substack energy
Hahahahah oh fuck lol, sign this kid up!!!
Today I stumbled upon an interview with the cast where most of them describe Cameron as the most heinous/evil one of all characters (with the notable exception of the actor who plays him and probably understands him a bit more). That's when I remembered this post.
I don't think Cameron is pure evil. I don't even think he is jealous of Ethan's success and that it's the reason he does what he does with Harper.
In fact, I am sure that if Ethan hadn't had his exit, Cameron would act exactly the same on this vacation.
He is sociopathic, yes, but he operates on a different playing field. A primal one. And I even believe that he really does love his friend.
This show is a fascinating study of the modern human condition, I've never seen anything like it. Especially this season where the characters are even more real and three-dimensional than the previous season's.
I can’t stop reading others’ takes because they’re so revealing! I’ve been skulking around on Reddit, for example, where you see a wide range of posts on this subject: that Cameron is “evil,” that Harper is “right,” that Bert is “problematic,” etc. It reminds me a little of being at a party in update NY in 1999 and seeing a group of young men who’d shaved their heads and were punching each other: “We just saw Fight Club! It was fuckin awesome!”
It must be extremely fun and funny to make art that is regularly interpreted to mean virtually the exact opposite of what you intended. The idea of “White Lotus” as a morality play is truly hilarious!
Surprised the cast had that view, though! But I get it; he’s certainly a complicated figure.
I love this and I love you. I read the dichotomy of the couples slightly differently. In my interpretation, Harper and Ethan are portrayed as “good” (not “authentic”) and Cameron and Daphne as “bad” (not performative) but we then realize that the opposite is true because everyone performs, but Cameron and Daphne do so authentically. It’s the transparency between their inner selves and their performed selves that makes them good. The show condemns the fight that leads to complexity and confusion in favor of surrendering to what simply just is.
Oh also thank you and love you too!!!!
I think that’s right; good / bad and authentic / fake serve similar purposes in the discourse of judgment. I’m *extremely* curious how this’ll unfold over the season, whether they’ll remain so ambiguous (in their ways) or will someone wind up being categorized as really “actually” good / bad!
She wouldn’t merge, Jerry! (I think in one of the episodes, Cameron refers to Ethan and Harper as “codependent,” and I think I’ve always had that tendency myself).