The White Lotus (TV Series)

Recentering (2021)

Brittany O'Grady: Paula

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• Olivia Mossbacher : Mom, good news. I'm looking around the hotel, and it seems like all of the white, straight men are doing just fine. They're still thriving.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Point taken. I just think it's funny that now it's okay to reduce everybody to their race and gender, but isn't that the kind of thinking that we've been fighting against all these years?

  Mark Mossbacher : I agree. I mean, for years, I was the good guy, you know? I was the one in the room, saying, like, "Hey, that's not cool," to all the chauvinists and bigots. But now I'm the bad guy, or at least, I shouldn't say anything on account of my inherited traits. I mean, why do I need to prove my anti-racist bona fides? It seems wrong.

  Paula : It's someone else's turn to eat.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Yeah. It's not all about you, Dad. It's time to recenter the narrative.

  Mark Mossbacher : That's fine by me. I don't wanna be the center of the narrative. Believe me. Let's center the narrative around, uh, Paula.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Okay. Yeah. What do you know about her?

  Mark Mossbacher : What do you mean?

  Olivia Mossbacher : Do you know anything about Paula?

• Olivia Mossbacher : Do you know anything about Paula?

  Mark Mossbacher : I know that she goes to college with you. And that she's a very intelligent and appealing young woman.

  Olivia Mossbacher : But you've never really asked her one thing about herself.

  Mark Mossbacher : Well, we're not on a job interview. We're on vacation. So... I mean, besides, what do- What does Paula know about me?

  Paula : [deadpan]  Your balls are swollen.

  Mark Mossbacher : They're deflated.

• Nicole Mossbacher : Hey, can I ask you girls a favor? Can you try to include Quinn a little bit more in your voodoo ceremonies and whatever else you do?

  Olivia Mossbacher : Mom, he's scuba diving in the kiddie pool.

  Nicole Mossbacher : No, I know, just in general. You know, I just... I don't think you appreciate how tough things are for kids like Quinn right now.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Why? Because of the Asperger's?

  Nicole Mossbacher : He doesn't have Asperger's, Olivia. But he is a straight, white, young man. And nobody has any sympathy for them right now. And I just feel like we should. Yeah, in a way, they're the underdogs now.

  Paula : Go on.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Well, for instance, young guys like Quinn, who are just getting out of college, I don't care how incredibly impressive they are, it is almost impossible for us to hire them.

  Paula : Well, isn't that because up until now, they're the only people that you've ever hired?

  Olivia Mossbacher : Yeah, don't you have enough of them on staff?

  Nicole Mossbacher : Trust me, I get it. I'm just saying, I understand how guys like Quinn can feel a little alienated from the culture right now.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Mom, cringe.

  Nicole Mossbacher : And I don't think it's fair to him.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Mom, cringe.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Olivia, he's my son, okay?

  Paula : I think he's gonna be okay, Nicole.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Thank you, Paula.

• Nicole Mossbacher : Girls! All right, girls, let's get breakfast. The buffet is expensive, and we've already paid for it.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Mom, Paula can't keep eating this much fruit.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Why not?

  Paula : I have fructose malabsorption.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Oh, my God.

  Olivia Mossbacher : She keeps getting diarrhea.

  Paula : And cramps.

  Nicole Mossbacher : Eat some meat, Paula. Eat a sausage. I don't know. Did Quinn sleep on the beach again last night? This is not okay. You've got to be more protective of your younger brother, Olivia. You can't just make him sleep on the beach where he can be washed away with the tides.

  Paula : Yeah, Olivia, he could've been kidnapped by butt pirates.

  Olivia Mossbacher : Or end up in a bukkake with a pod of dolphins.