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‘Uncomfortable to watch with my family’: how The White Lotus broke the ultimate taboo

The latest episode of the luxury resort drama is far from the first time that TV has shown troublingly intimate moments between family members. Why is it such an effective shock tactic?Warning: the below article contains spoilers for episode six, season three of The White Lotus.Talk about a hangover from hell. In the latest episode of The White Lotus, Saxon Ratliff woke up dazed and dishevelled from the previous night’s Full Moon party. It had been a long, messy day-and-night of booze, edibles, “lasers and shitty music”. Oh, and being pleasured by his own brother. Continue reading...



An episode of "The White Lotus" features a troublingly intimate moment between family members, specifically exploring a taboo sibling dynamic. The show has been building up to this moment throughout the season, deploying sexual shock tactics and male nudity, and finally breaking the sibling incest taboo. The dynamic between the brothers was "odd and weird" to watch.

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