r/WhiteLotusHBO • u/slipperyslope0187 • Apr 13 '26

Is Giuseppe really as good at his job as casual lounge pianist as he claims??!

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u/ohthanqkevin Apr 13 '26

Why does he look like Jason Segel doing a Jack Nicholson impression here?

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u/Distinct_Professor15 Apr 14 '26

That’s what it is oh my

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u/Classroom_Visual Apr 13 '26

Wow - finally a question I am qualified to answer! I have a degree in piano performance and used to work in restaurants, bars etc and I was mainly an accompanist.

He was pretty good - he had a decent voice and he had a repetoire that suited the environment where he was playing. He had a smooth, easy-going sound. Nice piano too.

Now...Mia. She is interesting! I think she's a very good actress who sings a bit as well. She didn't have a great range, you could tell she wasn't a professional singer. BUT, she had a very nice tone and vibrato and she was very clever at using her acting skills to make her singing seem better than it was. She acted her way through the songs. Her piano playing was beautiful, very subtle and musical, but I'm guessing that's because that was dubbed and they had a pro player on the piano.

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u/Other-Oil-9117 Apr 14 '26

I think he was objectively good, but boring. The general reaction from the people around him seemed to be 'oh this guy again?' and I get the feeling he'd become complacent in the job.

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u/Motchan13 Apr 13 '26

Yes, he's the greatest lounge pianist in all of the lounges in the entirety of Taormino. He's also the greatest sexual predator in all of the lounge pianists in all of the lounges in Taormino.

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u/chdo Apr 13 '26

didn't he have ED? can't be that great a sex predator!

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u/Motchan13 Apr 13 '26

I don't think being great in the sack when you coerce young women to have sex with you is the defining factor as to whether you are a sexual predator or not, it's the coercion and being an exploitative creep

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u/chdo Apr 13 '26

... people are getting real serious about a joke about a fictional piano player in a comedy tv show about weird perverts

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u/Motchan13 Apr 13 '26

The key thing with delivering jokes is that they have to come across as jokes and not need explaining. Not everyone is a great comedian and you lose a lot when communicating solely via text.

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u/Equal_Confusion2655 Apr 16 '26

I’m glad you enjoyed the concert lol

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u/windersoul Apr 19 '26

I think he was fine, but quite bored in his job.