Let Us Now Praise ‘The White Lotus’ Creator Mike White

White Lotus resort manager Armond (Murray Bartlett) serves and squabbles with wealthy guests, including tech executive Nicole Mossbacher (far right), and her husband Mark (Steve Zahn), in the HBO limited series ‘The White Lotus.’ Photo courtesy of HBO.

I’m convinced that if actor and filmmaker Mike White made movies at a time different from today’s era of superhero blockbusters, audiences would recognize his name like Martin Scorsese or Clint Eastwood. From the friendship drama Chuck & Buck to the class comedy Beatriz at Dinner, his stories are that good. White’s genre of class comedy earns him the spot of the heir apparent to New Hollywood…