Parker Posey‘S Turn as Victoria Ratliff in “The White Lotus” Season 3 had viewers glued on her screens and laughed all the way to Meme Bank.
The iconic India brought life the funny over-the-top Victoria Ratliff, a rich wife and mother of three with a sharp tongue, dramatic style and a South Carolina trait that immediately cemented her status as a fan favorite.
Parker Posey recently opened about the viral answer to her stage -stalking performance and admitted that she saw it coming.
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Parker Posey knew her “White Lotus” role would be viral
“I wasn’t surprised because the lines were so fun,” Posey told Page six Exclusively at the Gotham Television Awards. “I was so happy that people imitated me. People have fun imitating me and I’m very, very happy.”
Although he was not on social media, the “Best In Show” star knew that she delivered “a Meme performance” from the start.
And she wasn’t wrong. Lines like “I don’t even have my Lorazepam. I will have to drink myself to sleep” and “I just don’t think that at this age I am supposed to live an uncomfortable life” have exploded over the internet, now plastered on everything from mugs to t-shirts and tot bags.
Her quotable single-feeders quickly made her the season’s breakout star and delivered the type of internet gold that defines modern TV fandom.
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Parker Posey accepts Legend Tribute Award with Flair
The actress “Youella got mail” was honored at the Gotham Television Awards with the first legend Tribute Award. She was introduced by “White Lotus” co -stars Sam Rockwell and Leslie Bibb and delivered a characteristic eccentric and cordial acceptance number.
“Let’s keep the art alive,” Posey shouted from the stage. “Let’s turn this business into entertainment that everyone can love. That old people and young people, and even children laugh at!”
She also gave a special thank you to “White Lotus” creator Mike White for trusting her with the role. “Thank you, Mike White, for writing this character for me, to believe in a middle -aged woman and faith in a legend. Thank you, HBO, for believing in a legend!”
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And at real Parker Pose-fashion, she ended the night with a pension operation. “I’m done,” she was joking to Page six. “I would notify my pension on stage tonight but I forgot!”
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Parker Posey’s best “White Lotus” single -feeders are already iconic
Posey’s Victoria Ratliff delivered some of the most memorable single -feeders of the season, dripping of sarcasm, width and chaotic elegance.
In section 2, “special treatments”, she did not hold back and explained, “actresses are all in principle prostitutes … if they are lucky. Am I right?” And later, “you should have taken my lorazepam. I slept like a corpse.”
In section 3, “The Meaning of Dreams”, she called High Society’s hypocrisy with lines like “just because people are rich doesn’t mean they’re not trashy.”
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Section 5, “Full Monparty”, gave the fans a series of gems, including her viral, “I don’t even have my lorazepam. I will have to drink myself to sleep.” She also warned, “They are sex cults, Piper … You can end up a concubine for any strange guru,” and questioned her daughter’s choice with, “You want to live in Taiwan?!”
In section 6, “denials”, Victoria’s Flair topped for melodrama when she explained, “I just don’t think that at this age I am supposed to live an uncomfortable life”, followed by the sharp heavy jab, “What is the next? You want her to shave her head and start hitting a bongo on Times Square?”
And in section 7, “Killer instincts”, the Posey season ended with biting comments like “Why are you with this middle -aged Weirdo?” And the funny one, “I ask for Piper to be miserable in that temple tonight.”
With lines like these, it is no wonder that Posey’s performance has become Meme gold and pop culture legend.
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Parker Posey wants “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow will go with “The White Lotus” season 4
Posey is already playing Casting Director for the HBO series next season, and she has a beloved former co-star in mind.
During a recent section of AmountA Actors on Actors Series, Posey struck no other than “Friends” Alum Lisa Kudrow For a role in the long-awaited season 4. The couple, who previously worked together, triggered fan voltage with their reunion on the screen and playful back and forth about potentially joining forces again, this time in Mike White’s Hit Anthology series.
“Would you go into the” White Lotus “world?” Posey asked Kudrow during his sit-down.
“Work with Mike White? Yes. I love Mike White,” replied Kudrow without hesitation. “I’ve been hanging with him at a party.”
That’s when Posey made his pitch crystal clear. “Oh, Lisa, you should be in season 4,” she said. “If there is a large enough Tiktok campaign, it will happen.”
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Can Lisa Kudrow go with ‘The White Lotus’ season 4?
While HBO has confirmed “The White Lotus” will return for a fourth season, details about the role and the environment remain close under the covers.
With Kudrow’s iconic comic cutlets and White’s Track Record to reinvent stars in surprising, sharp roles, the fans already gather behind the idea of seeing Phoebe Buffay himself entering the “White Lotus” universe.
When Posey teased, some social media can only be enough to make it happen.
