US EditionDid 'White Lotus' remove trans character after Trump's win? What we know
- Carrie Coon stated that a scene revealing her character's nonbinary child was cut from 'White Lotus' after President Donald Trump's re-election.
- Coon mentioned that the creators felt the topic was too significant to address in a small scene, citing Trump's administration's attack on transgender rights.
- Coon explained that the scene included her character Laurie's struggles with using they/them pronouns.
- Mike White, the show's creator, received praise from Coon for avoiding cliché discussions and focusing on meaningful cultural conversations.
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One ‘White Lotus’ Scene Was Conspicuously Missing in India, and It’s Part of a Bigger Censorship Issue
Editor’s Note: The following story contains some spoilers for “The White Lotus” Season 3. If “The White Lotus” were an Indian production, it likely wouldn’t survive longer than a season. Chances are its uninhibited critique of privilege, political satire, and wicked social commentary would be softened or edited out. A show created to spark uncomfortable conversations would get reduced to a travelogue driven by a romantic subplot (needless to say…
Why I'm relieved 'White Lotus's trans kid storyline was cut
Once again, Mike White's epic HBO series The White Lotus is sparking online discourse – but this time, it's for a scene that never made it to air.In a recent interview with Harper's Bazaar, White Lotus star Carrie Coon, who plays middle-aged, mom-on-vacation Laurie, praised the show and its creator for its "transgressive" themes. She also revealed that, at one point, her character would discuss having a nonbinary child. But a scene exploring tha…
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