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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Alyx Gorman

If White Lotus headed to Australia for a third season, where would it land?

Aubrey Plaza as Harper in season two of The White Lotus
Aubrey Plaza as Harper in season two of The White Lotus. Photograph: HBO

What is more enjoyable than watching miserable rich people backstab, scheme and get scammed? Watching miserable rich people backstab, scheme and get scammed at a stunning resort you’d never be able to afford to see any other way, of course.

The second season of Mike White’s auteur anthology White Lotus came to its perfectly sticky end on Monday, and like a 1%er who can never be happy no matter how much I take and consume, I’m already ready for season three. In the spirit of competing to host the White Lotus, as if it’s the Olympics, I’d like to humbly put forward an Australian destination. So I’ve assessed five possible candidates based on the existence of a suitably six-star set (sorry Qualia, you’ve been banned from competition after Ticket to Paradise); narrative and thematic potential; and which characters would work best in the setting.

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