What Was Succession All About?

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: @ov3rthinkingit Books consulted: The Lear Diaries by Brian Cox American Colossus by H.W. Brands The Arden Research Handbook of Contemporary Shakespeare Criticism Jeremy Strong Sarah Snook Kieran Culkin Roman Roy Waystar Royco Ewan Roy Eulogy James Cromwell Arian Moayed Succession Video Essay