Murray Bartlett: “It felt right in terms of the shock value. And it felt great in terms of: ‘Let’s show something that is a natural part of sex for a lot of queer people.’
It serves the scene in such a great way.”
“I didn’t have a lot of questions and I feel like [the director] didn’t really need to explain a lot of stuff. We just played.
Honestly, we didn’t have a lot of conversations outside of just working on the scenes at the time. I think partly because it was just there; it was just written in the script. This character was fully realized and complicated and had all these aspects that I don’t think they needed explanation.”
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Lukas Gage: “I can’t wait for my ass to get retweeted all over the Internet.
I mean, how often do we see that on TV? I think it’s much more interesting and more jarring to walk in on.”— Stars of HBO’s The White Lotus speaking with The A.V Club and Logo on the now-infamous sex scene that closed out the most recent episode.
ryantbo
Although this is NOT the 1st time a rim job was shown. If you go back to the 1st episode of Queer As Folk, at the end Brian is giving a rim job to Justin. I remember going into work the next morning and saying – I never thought Id see a rim job on TV
JPDonahue
Or… years before… in the first episode of QUEER AS FOLK, when Stuart rimmed Nathan…
Heywood Jablowme
I wonder how long did they need to rehearse that?
Bob
Must’ve been fun to rehearse. I can hear it now.. You’ve ALMOST got it right, but it needs a bit more work. :>
Jim
I saw the first episode. This show is such a snooze fest it need something to create a buzz.
Good writing doesn’t need “shock value”, but this show needs all the help it can get.
Cam
Hi right wing troll account.
You’ve been using this screename on several threads and it has come onto every single thread about this show to badmouth it.
We get it, you hate shows with LGBTQ representation, you hate Queer people, and you hate people who are out of the closet.
Ya boring.
Heywood Jablowme
@Jim: The first episode was a bit dull, I thought, but the show has gotten much more interesting. Try watching the later ones, you might like it! I’m looking forward to the finale on Sunday.
Cam: Have you even seen this show?
Hdtex
Not enough Real Housewives for Jim’s short attention span
Maybe PawPatrol…
cuteguy
Great hot scene. Just wish the guy getting it would’ve arched his back more and bend over more. But still hot and ground breaking. I’m an expert rimmer and love that it’s finally being shown
Hdtex
Please….no one wants your snaggle-tooth mouth close to their butt. Dream on.
cuteguy
@Hdtex
The only thing coming near your old flat pancake butt is a pair of depends. Isn’t it lights out at the old age home for abandoned bitter queens? Is it no wonder you’re alone. I pity old fossil losers like yourself.
IanHunter
It was a hot scene. I wish it would have lasted longer!
Fahd
Not to take anything away from the show and the shock value of the scene — main stream premium cable and all, but I’ve heard there’s a lot of porn available online if you’re looking for variations on a theme, and I’ve also heard that there is many an unrecognized acting talent there to be discovered.
Rock Star
Nice ass ole chap
ryeguypdx
I actually found the scene, and the show itself, a little bit self-hating and homophobic? Anyone else? The scene in question is best described as satanic; leering, drug-fueled, red-lit, drum circled, and treacherous. It may have been one thing if Dillon (the employee) had wanted to pnp, but it was strangely connected to a possible job promotion, and read like a predatory boss manipulating his straight employee, and getting him so high on Ketamine (of all things) that the young man didn’t know any better. This is fine, drama, whatever, but for the actors to turn around and present it as a glorious and important representation of rimming is a little dumb, no? Add to this that the only other gay character (so far) is a closet case who died of AIDS, the discovery of which is so disturbing to his adult son that the man launches himself on a days-long existential crises/bender, and you kind of get a sense that on White Lotus, gay sex is treacherous, abnormal, and ultimately self-destructive.