If it is to be said, so it be, so it is. The sun has set on HBO/Max/MaxGoCo’s latest 9pm Sunday all killer no filler #1 show.
If we can just, you know, be, like, real, for a minute, yeah guys? Yeah? Sunday nights simply won’t be the same without a board meeting to get all hyped about. Tune on in to hear how this show was so effective, why we all say it's Shakespearean, and why Uncle Ewan is the GOAT.
Maybe I was too hard on Tom, but that's never been a problem for anyone before...

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey

#succession #shakespeare
00:00 Intro - Why Shakespeare?
03:06 Storytelling Tools
06:45 Rhetoric
13:00 Logan Roy - The Myth
18:32 Kendall Roy - The Son
24:33 Roman Roy - The Child
28:58 Shiv Roy - The Scorpion
33:59 Supporting Characters
35:19 Stewy Hosseini
36:44 Marcia
37:18 Connor & Willa
38:03 Greg Hirsch
39:00 Tom Wambsgans
41:24 Conclusion - What Was It All About?

Also check out:
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https://www.vulture.com/article/james...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/th...

Books consulted:
The Lear Diaries by Brian Cox
American Colossus by H.W. Brands
The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism


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