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How ‘The Studio,’ ‘Yellowjackets,’ ‘Monsters’ and ‘White Lotus’ Make Bad Behavior Appealing


How 'The Studio,' 'Yellowjackets,' 'Monsters' and 'White Lotus' Make Bad Behavior Appealing

If you analyze the list of reprehensible acts committed by Shauna on “ Yellowjackets ” – from everyday betrayals of those closest to her (e.g., sleeping with her best friend’s boyfriend in the series’ first episode) to serious crimes – you can safely say that she is an objectively horrible person who should be serving a long stretch in prison. For Season 3 of HBO Max’s “ The White Lotus,” Michelle Monaghan looked deep into the soul of not a murderer, but a famous actress like herself – specifically, a fictitious TV star named Jaclyn who manipulates and betrays her two childhood friends (Leslie Bibb and Carrie Coon) while on girls’ trip to a luxury resort in Thailand – a process she admits she felt “confronted” by. Getting inside the head of Menendez and staying there was a less pleasant experience for Chavez at times, particularly when he had to shoot a scene where he was was locked in a closet, naked and covered in simulated feces.

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