#Bert di Grasso

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White Lotus has an interesting set of threads going on examining different strains of masculinity, and it’s neat how they’re using a bunch of characters to do it

Albie is a young kid who’s been raised in a household by an absent sex addict and comes from a line of different flavors of misogynists, but he also grew up in a world that is trying to educate him on how not to do that. He clearly makes an effort to Not Be An Asshole, but he only seems to manage to look good in comparison to his father/grandfather. His interactions with women can come across as dweebishly awkward but he gives off a MASSIVE vibe of only needing one visit to r/incel or whatever it’s called these days and he’s a full on shithead. He’s trying, he’s listening, he’s stumbling awkwardly while walking a dangerous tightrope.

Meanwhile, Dominic is a classic mid-life crisis distant rich dad sex addict. He has no earthly idea why he’s even at this resort other than some vague sense of trying to fix a relationship, yet he clearly has no idea what he did wrong. He *wants* to be different, so badly, but he can’t control his impulses and unfortunately by hiring Mia and Lucia set himself up for failure. He’s trying, he’s not listening, he’s already lost before leaving the start line.

Bert is just too old to give a fuck. He knows he’s a relic, he knows everyone hates his womanizing ways, and he just. Does. Not. Care. He’s not trying, he’s not listening, he’s thriving and having a fuckin BLAST.

Cameron is the modern bro. He’s internalized all of the stupid bullshit that Albie’s in danger of falling into (and so has his wife, honestly) and yet he’s also massively insecure. He’s just got a shitload of money and a wife who indulges him, so he doesn’t generally have to confront the emptiness inside of him. He’s not trying, he’s not listening, he *wants* you to think he’s thriving but secretly isn’t.

Ethan is the hardest one to parse. Out of everyone there, he’s the least shitty, but that’s not saying a whole lot. He at least comes by his love for his wife honestly, but his wife seems like a difficult person to love. Cameron has tempted him with the idea of being able to indulge his baser instincts, and he’s clearly conflicted between living up to the decent standards he seems to have held so far, or to succumb to the devil on his shoulder. That said, he is also somehow completely oblivious to his wife being upset with him, over and over again. I’m not sure he’s doing it on purpose, he’s just very bad at picking up what she’s dropping and that’s leading him down a dark road. He’s trying, he’s extremely bad at listening, and it’s eating him up inside and I’m worried he’s gonna just snap.

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when i’m horny on main 

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f. murray abraham as bert di grasso in the white lotus: sicily

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

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Got around to watching this lovely ray of sunshine.

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i cannot believe khonshu and bert di grasso are played by the SAME PERSON WHAT

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The White Lotus Season 2, Episode 6: “Abductions”

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La vida no es tan dulce como parece… “The White Lotus · Temporada 2”

La sátira de esta temporada se desarrolla en un resort siciliano y sigue las hazañas de varios huéspedes y empleados a lo largo de una semana.

· Estreno: 30 de octubre de 2022 en HBO y HBO Max.

F. Murray Abraham es Bert Di Grasso · De visita en Sicilia con su hijo, Dominic, y su nieto, Albie, Bert se está volviendo frágil, pero todavía se ve a sí mismo como viril y capaz.

Jennifer Coolidge es Tanya Mcquoid Hunt · Una mujer rica e inestable que viaja con su esposo, Greg, y su asistente, Portia.

Adam DiMarco es Albie Di Grasso · Hijo de Dominic y nieto de Bert, Albie es un graduado universitario, dulce y observador, que a menudo sirve como pacificador de su familia.

Meghann Fahy es Daphne Babcock · Una ama de casa que visita Italia con su esposo, Cameron, y otra pareja, Ethan y Harper.

Jon Gries es Greg · El marido de Tanya, que no está muy contento de que su asistente haya sido invitada a su escapada romántica.

Beatrice Grannò es Mia · Una local siciliana, Mia es una cantante talentosa en busca de su gran oportunidad.

Tom Hollander es Quentin · Un expatriado inglés que está de vacaciones con sus amigos y su sobrino, Jack.

Sabrina Impacciatore es Valentina · La gerente apasionada y dedicada a cargo del resort White Lotus en Taormina, que espera la perfección de su personal.

Michael Imperioli es Dominic Di Grasso · Un productor de Hollywood que visita Sicilia con su anciano padre, Bert y su hijo posuniversitario, Albie para explorar sus raíces ancestrales.

Theo James es Cameron Babcock · Un exitoso hombre de negocios de una familia adinerada, está de vacaciones con su esposa Daphne.

Aubrey Plaza es Harper Spiller · Harper visita Italia con el compañero de cuarto de Ethan, Cameron y Daphne.

Haley Lu Richardson es Portia · Una chica de pueblo y recién graduada de la universidad, Portia viaja con su jefa, Tanya, con la esperanza de vivir aventuras.

Will Sharpe es Ethan Spiller · Después de un éxito profesional reciente, Ethan y Harper, son invitados a unas vacaciones en Italia por parte de Cameron y Daphne.

Simona Tabasco es Lucia · Una local siciliana que frecuenta el resort White Lotus en busca de trabajo y oportunidades entre la clientela adinerada.

Leo Woodall es Jack · Un invitado magnético que se hospeda en The White Lotus con su tío, Quentin.

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white lotus s2 finale rundown 

(spoilers ahead)

in case you're wondering, here are the characters that survived the second season: Daphne and Cameron (the supposed scammers, played by Meghann Fahy and Theo James) Harper and Ethan Spiller (the couple on the rocks, played by Aubrey Plaza and Will Sharpe) Albie, Dominic and Bert Di Grasso (all of the men who were on some sort of heritage trip, played by Adam DiMarco, Michael Imperioli and F. Murray Abraham) Portia (Tanya's assistant, who gets whisked away to Sicily, played by Haley Lu Richardson) Jack (the supposed nephew of the head gay, played by Leo Woodall) Valentina, and the rest of the hotel staff (she's the director of this location, who is played by Sabrina Impacciatore) Lucia and Mia, my problematic faves (both of whom use their bodies to get what they want, and the only non guests involved, played by Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannó) presumably Greg, Tanya's husband who we met last season in Hawai'i (played by Jon Gries) although we don't have any confirmation of this fact

that means the dead characters are: Tanya McQuoid, Quentin, Didier and Niccoló (played by Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Hollander, Bruno Gouery [from Emily in Paris] and Stefano Gianino), putting the death toll at 4. it is not told whether or not Hugo or the captain of the boat survived, but I would personally doubt it, because they did seem significantly far out from the shore. in the end, I'm sure only mike white knows for sure.

now, let's talk about that season finale.

first off, I'm wondering if greg actually was planning something, or if tanya blew it out of proportion in some way. I guess we'll never know, although there were definitely some red flags, especially with the way that jack was acting.

let's talk about jack for a second. I'm so happy that he redeemed himself in my eyes, and let portia go and even gave her advice that probably saved her life. who knows what might've happened if portia went back to the hotel? I'm a jack fan at the end of this season, because the guy was just doing what he could with the cards he was dealt, but didn't want to actively hurt someone (because if tanya had gotten hurt, he would've been peripherally involved, but wouldn't have played a direct part in her demise)

the digrassos. I feel like they could've used some comeuppance, apart from albie. it sucks that dominic will probably just go back to what he's been doing, and that albie vouched for his dad. I feel like the fact that none of these men have been affected by their experiences is shown in the airport scene, where a young woman walks by and they all turn their heads to ogle her. I think it shows that this gross misogyny kind of runs in their family (because they kind of perpetuate it) and that it would be hard for them to change without serious introspection.

super happy for valentina. did mia use her? sure. but it was definitely mutually beneficial, and mia does say that she wants to help valentina find a lesbian, and even take her out to bars, so I foresee a prosperous future for valentina. also gotta say, small win for the gays because valentina wasn't killed at the end of this season.

isabella and rocco seem fine. I'm happy that Isabella was always so polite to valentina, and I think she genuinely wanted to be friends with her, so a good future for these two and hopefully they have a good life.

ethan nearly chokes cameron, and I am so unhappy that cameron lives at the end of the season. I think it would be cool to have a cameo from daphne next season, where she is ending her stay at a white lotus with her trainer and her sons, and we just assume that she killed cameron or something. I am happy for ethan and harper, but it seems like a bandaid on their situation, so I'm not sure what the future looks like for these couples. I do think their stories could have been wrapped up better, and I wonder if mike white found himself burdened by the inclusion of so many characters this season, because the ending did not seem as closed as season one.

lucia and mia are doing well, lucia has loads of money that she got after scamming albie, and mia has a job at the white lotus as a singer, so good for them. I could care less about albie, and as he says, that amount is a drop in the bucket for his father anyway. I also think it is legitimate karmic payment, that dominic will inadvertently help the lives of these two women after destroying the lives of the women in his family. I'm also happy that lucia and mia live, because I think there is a trend in media where promiscuous women are killed because of their promiscuity, so seeing them live was super endearing. especially since lucia says earlier in the season that she's worried that she will die because she's a prostitute, and prostitutes always die.

I'm kind of happy for portia, but I can't help but compare her to belinda. it feels kind of significant that one of these characters was a guest and the other an employee, and that one was white and the other was black, in terms of where they ended up. I do think the show could've paralleled their arcs better in this finale, and driven home the point that portia was coming from a point of privilege, and that's why she survived and got off relatively easy.

what was the point of including the story of the woman from the moors? who was that supposed to represent after the finale? my guess was tanya, but I don't think we'll get a follow up on her storyline, so the symbolism here doesn't really work. also, if it was tanya, the story is backwards, because she dies and the cheating spouse doesn't. is the point of the statues that this was the path one of the main couples was heading down, and then the statue breaking is a subversion, and their story won't end in tragedy? honestly, I have no idea.

I'm happy that tanya died. I was getting tired of her character, and I was scared that if she survived this season mike white would bring her back for season three, and I think the series will work better without through lines or continuing stories, and instead focuses on the only point of contact being the white lotus resorts.

I'm happy that the piano guy is gone. he wasn't that interesting, and I'm happy for mia.

greg, will we ever see him again? will we get a conclusion to his story?

it's really ironic that tanya ends up killing herself, because if greg was after her money, he's got it now. I would like to see greg get comeuppance, because I think he sucks.

just like greg, I feel like cameron didn't get his comeuppance, but I guess we might have to wait for another season to see if anything bad comes to him.

I feel kind of bad for the group of gays, but I also don't. I have mixed feelings about their group, and my thoughts about their ending are still developing. I do think that it's possible tanya overreacted and killed a bunch of people who didn't have completely nefarious intentions. this is another storyline that could've used a defter hand, because it feels incomplete.

I do think that it's weird that there is a kind of bury your gays going on with the show, considering that armond is the only death in season one (and we're shown that he's gay) and then we have two of the gays dying in this season. I doubt these are white's intentions, but it is kind of weird to look at this together, and I think the next season will cement the trends of the show.

final thoughts:

I would rate this season maybe a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. it was not as good as the first, however it was possibly more entertaining than the first. I think involving so many characters made it harder to have satisfying story beats for all of them, and loads of people online have pointed out that there is not a lot of interaction between the guests, or even that a lot of important plot points aren't taking place at the hotel. the first season seemed a lot more focused in its scope. I do believe that the show was intended to be a limited series, and I think it should have stayed that way, because I think it will only get worse as it goes on, when it could've ended on a high note last season. I'm down to watch the third season and see if mike white can redeem himself, and because there are a lot of technical aspects of the show that I enjoy, but I'm not eagerly anticipating it like I am other good shows like succession.

I do hope that mike white finds a way to tie up all of the loose ends of this season somehow, but I think all of the loose ends and dropped story beats really cheapened this season. it also makes me think that season one was lightning in a bottle that he will never be able to replicate.

anyway, a pretty disappointing follow up.

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White Lotus Fans Freaking Out Over Adam DiMarco's Disney Past

White Lotus Fans Freaking Out Over Adam DiMarco’s Disney Past

He left Disney and checked into the White Lotus. Adam DiMarco‘s past is making fans of the HBO drama lose their minds. On White Lotus, Adam plays recent Stanford grad Albie Di Grasso who is on a family trip with his father Dominic Di Grasso (Michael Imperioli) and grandfather Bert Di Grasso (F. Murray Abraham), but it was only a decade ago that he starred in the Disney movie Radio Rebel with…

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La partecipazione di Hotel Cave del Sole di Matera a Roots-in

L’Hotel Cave del Sole di Matera ha partecipato alla seconda edizione di “Roots-in”, Borsa Internazionale sul Turismo delle Origini – organizzata nella Città dei Sassi il 20 e 21 novembre 2022. Il boutique hotel di Matera è stato inserito tra i 200 seller di tutta Italia che hanno potuto confrontarsi con i 50 buyers professionali provenienti da tutto il mondo, ed è pronto a rappresentare il nostro territorio con un’offerta specifica, a disposizione di questo importante segmento del mercato turistico.Si stima che nel mondo siano tra i 60 e gli 80 milioni le persone di origine italiana, in pratica una “seconda Italia” che spesso è alla ricerca delle sue radici familiari; questo fenomeno – tutt’altro che transitorio – rappresenta una straordinaria occasione di relazione turistica del nostro Paese con il resto del pianeta. Non a caso la seconda edizione della pluripremiata serie TV “The White Lotus”, ambientata in Italia, ha individuato nel premio Oscar F. Murray Abraham il ruolo di Bert Di Grasso il quale, insieme al figlio Dominic e al nipote Albie, trascorre un periodo di vacanza in Sicilia alla ricerca delle origini della sua famiglia.Anche la nostra regione, la Basilicata, ha vissuto forti flussi migratori in ogni epoca, e pertanto ha pieno titolo per giocare un ruolo di prim’ordine nella ricostruzione dei legami affettivi e culturali. Un testimonial di eccezione è il celeberrimo regista americano Francis Ford Coppola, vincitore di quattro premi Oscar, originario di Bernalda, in provincia di Matera.https://www.hotelcavedelsole.it/roots Read the full article

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El Gegia incoronato Capo Vàlar

El Gegia incoronato Capo Vàlar

El Gegia, al secolo Giuseppe Olivetti è il nuovo Capo Vàlar, ovvero il sindaco del Marciapiè per l’intero anno. Lo hanno decretato le urne nella kermesse carnevalesca di martedì grasso e di mercoledì delle ceneri. Si è aggiudicato lo scranno più alto del carnevale lacisiense con 217 voti.  Bert, al secolo Bertoldi Simoni si è fermato a 187 conquistando il titolo di Quel da Re, quindi il vice del…

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Updates now that the season is over:

Albie hopefully learned a hard lesson about being naive. My worry is that he simply demonstrated that he learned from the master (his father) at how to manipulate someone in power to give him what he wants, and that social structure is transactional. In other words, he’s still on the path to redpilling.

Dominic was made to learn nothing. Absolutely nothing. He sat around and moped and someone else laid the groundwork for his possible redemption. I’m sure he thinks he’s sincere, but he’s not, and he seems primed for immediate failure.

Bert moved on awful fast from his true heartbreak: not getting the family reunion he’d clearly set his sights on. He’s basically gone “fuck it, I’m too old to worry about this for long.” Admirable, but also sad.

Cameron showed a surprising dimension in the finale: He’s just as much in on the self-deception as his wife is. I thought he was hiding a hole he didn’t realize was there, but he 100% knows it is and is taking the same “let’s pretend I’m fine and I will be, sort of” approach that Daphne does.

Ethan… whoo, boy, did his part of my above post age the least gracefully. His utter hypocrisy in the face of his jealousy was astounding. Out of everyone, his toxic masculinity was buried the deepest but emerged with a self-righteous fury. Whether he got it out of his system with Daphne or not, I hope he puts it behind him and he and Harper at least get some semblance of a happy ending, for Harper’s sake.

Oh, and special shout out to The Gays for making a cameo as the mafioso murderer types as an inversion of that Godfather style masculinity lampshades earlier in the season.

White Lotus has an interesting set of threads going on examining different strains of masculinity, and it’s neat how they’re using a bunch of characters to do it

Albie is a young kid who’s been raised in a household by an absent sex addict and comes from a line of different flavors of misogynists, but he also grew up in a world that is trying to educate him on how not to do that. He clearly makes an effort to Not Be An Asshole, but he only seems to manage to look good in comparison to his father/grandfather. His interactions with women can come across as dweebishly awkward but he gives off a MASSIVE vibe of only needing one visit to r/incel or whatever it’s called these days and he’s a full on shithead. He’s trying, he’s listening, he’s stumbling awkwardly while walking a dangerous tightrope.

Meanwhile, Dominic is a classic mid-life crisis distant rich dad sex addict. He has no earthly idea why he’s even at this resort other than some vague sense of trying to fix a relationship, yet he clearly has no idea what he did wrong. He *wants* to be different, so badly, but he can’t control his impulses and unfortunately by hiring Mia and Lucia set himself up for failure. He’s trying, he’s not listening, he’s already lost before leaving the start line.

Bert is just too old to give a fuck. He knows he’s a relic, he knows everyone hates his womanizing ways, and he just. Does. Not. Care. He’s not trying, he’s not listening, he’s thriving and having a fuckin BLAST.

Cameron is the modern bro. He’s internalized all of the stupid bullshit that Albie’s in danger of falling into (and so has his wife, honestly) and yet he’s also massively insecure. He’s just got a shitload of money and a wife who indulges him, so he doesn’t generally have to confront the emptiness inside of him. He’s not trying, he’s not listening, he *wants* you to think he’s thriving but secretly isn’t.

Ethan is the hardest one to parse. Out of everyone there, he’s the least shitty, but that’s not saying a whole lot. He at least comes by his love for his wife honestly, but his wife seems like a difficult person to love. Cameron has tempted him with the idea of being able to indulge his baser instincts, and he’s clearly conflicted between living up to the decent standards he seems to have held so far, or to succumb to the devil on his shoulder. That said, he is also somehow completely oblivious to his wife being upset with him, over and over again. I’m not sure he’s doing it on purpose, he’s just very bad at picking up what she’s dropping and that’s leading him down a dark road. He’s trying, he’s extremely bad at listening, and it’s eating him up inside and I’m worried he’s gonna just snap.