I'll post this for those that missed it, but this New Yorker profile of Jeremy Strong caused quite a sensation with some big time names defending his portrayal in the piece. But I loved the piece personally and it shows what has made Jeremy such a great actor and so essential to the show. The Al Pacino anecdote is gonna be legendary lol.
I'll post this for those that missed it, but this New Yorker profile of Jeremy Strong caused quite a sensation with some big time names defending his portrayal in the piece. But I loved the piece personally and it shows what has made Jeremy such a great actor and so essential to the show. The Al Pacino anecdote is gonna be legendary lol.
Coincidentally, I have read this story in the magazine last night and I didn't like it. Strong has not done THAT much professionally to deserve such a detail biographical article. Something fishy/personal/arranged there for sure. Of all of the "Succession" characters, I find Kendall to be one of the least believable. His interpretation and representation of a spoiled young billionaire is way too one-sided on the side of weak, torn-apart, addictive, loving etc.
I love the show overall though. Not a single likeable character! Probably, the best new TV show since Ozark and Better Call Saul.
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Coincidentally, I have read this story in the magazine last night and I didn't like it. Strong has not done THAT much professionally to deserve such a detail biographical article. Something fishy/personal/arranged there for sure. Of all of the "Succession" characters, I find Kendall to be one of the least believable. His interpretation and representation of a spoiled young billionaire is way too one-sided on the side of weak, torn-apart, addictive, loving etc.
I love the show overall though. Not a single likeable character! Probably, the best new TV show since Ozark and Better Call Saul.
I feel like he nails the essence of Don Jr way in such a way that I can't root for him in any way. I can easily imagine Don Jr doing just about everything Kendall has done. I don't really find Don Jr or his family's actions very believable either, but I think they are real people (maybe?).
I feel like he nails the essence of Don Jr way in such a way that I can't root for him in any way. I can easily imagine Don Jr doing just about everything Kendall has done. I don't really find Don Jr or his family's actions very believable either, but I think they are real people (maybe?).
I have always wondered though, what continues to drive a person after a certain level of wealth has been achieved?
Power.
A billionaire with nothing else is just rich. But a billionaire with a huge company or assets as power over so many things. They are looked at in awe and with deference. People want their opinion. They command rooms.
A retired billionaire is just a man with a lot of money. Looks great to us, but they don't care about what we think. they care about what other billionaires think. Do you get invited to Bilderberg meetings if you only just have money?
Logan is smart.
Logan knows the family trust exists
Logan knows the super majority is required to change control.
Logan knows that Conner and Logan will be hard no’s.
Assuming you have the 4 kids plus Logan, the ex, and maybe the current wife for 7 total so you would need 5 or maybe even more for a super majority
Logan would also know that Shiv and Roman likely wouldn’t want the deal either.
The show talks about opening up the divorce so the mom can get the London flat before the merger of equals talk even takes place which is well before the takeover talk.
So if Logan needed Tom to tell him that he needed a super majority or that the kids would come after him then he wasn’t being Logan. Tom would be there as head of ATN regardless so his presence doesn’t necessarily mean he is guilty.
So Tom is innocent but Shiv assumes he’s guilty.
The other alternative is like the prison offer, it wasn’t required by Tom as Logan was already taking care of it, but Tom did it anyways because he knows that Logan always wins.
To comment on this. Jesse Armstrong was on the Ringer Pod and confirmed that Tom had betrayed Shiv. The theory wasn't raised, but he made it as an off-the-cuff statement. He said they had shot two different versions - one where Shiv realized it; and one where Kendall was the only one that realized it.
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Does anyone feel the shaky cam style was taken up to an almost unbearable point this season? It's always been there but it has never been so present. So many times, especially the last back of the nine, I could only focus on the camera bouncing up and down, wildly zooming in and out, cutting quickly.
There is absolutely no reason for this style of filming, it won't age well.
To comment on this. Jesse Armstrong was on the Ringer Pod and confirmed that Tom had betrayed Shiv. The theory wasn't raised, but he made it as an off-the-cuff statement. He said they had shot two different versions - one where Shiv realized it; and one where Kendall was the only one that realized it.
Also, I don’t think Connor necessarily plays into it. Maybe the divorce settlement by the K/R/S’s mom included him, but possibly not.
And also the only one who stood not to benefit from the sale is Shiv. Kendall wanted out and Logan had assured Roman he had a place in the merged company, so by Logan’s math only Shiv wouldn’t have liked the sale.
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And also the only one who stood not to benefit from the sale is Shiv. Kendall wanted out and Logan had assured Roman he had a place in the merged company, so by Logan’s math only Shiv wouldn’t have liked the sale.
As the show has demonstrated, Logan Roy's promises to his children mean nothing. He sent Kednall a buyout term sheet for birthday and then said it was a joke. He told Shiv that she was "the one" and then, after she had diffused the whistleblower scandal, said that he meant it as "sometime in the future". He told Roman that he was being promoted and then said "Roman is out" (he also thinks that Roman is mentally deficient after seeing him sent his dick-picks to Jerry).
I wouldn't put much logic to anything. They are going to keep the show script alive by making it soap-opera-wild.
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"An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think." Georg Hegel
“To generalize is to be an idiot.” William Blake
After losing my father earlier this month that episode was a f'n gut punch, was not expecting it and was not prepared for it. Incredible episode however. Tom keeping it together then breaking down on the phone when he's alone was particularly poignant
