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But what side of the prism is up?
What wasSuccession, ultimately, about?
With the finale fresh in our minds, we thoughtwe atVaulterVultureshould kick off that argument among ourselves.
Let us each make the case for you.
Not to do the obvious Successionis Shakespeare take, but likeSeinfeld,Successions about nothing.
Roman says it right near the end of the episode to Kendall: Were nothing … (Look at these unserious people who fly private jets above us all and influence our elections.)
But nothingness is also the tragedy.
Might they be able to become something if they received actual love from their father … maybe so!
The nothingness is his flaw as much as theirs.
Hes built himself an empire, but only nothing can succeed it.
(face eggs??
); how womens wrongs are always right; and, above all, Emmys.
All the bells said it would never belong to him.
From its inception, the guiding thesis of America has been Fuck you, Dad.
Were a nation of underdogs, always looking to individual freedom from a dominant society.
Which is a weird position to take when you are, in fact, the dominant society.
They conjure an overdog so their white supremacy can be the underdog.
In the same way, Kendall Roy has been trying to top his dead father.
Kendall is still living his life in Fuck you, Dad!
Youre Dad now.Bethy Squires
Successionwas about fuck-you-youll-never-have-this real estate.
slap fight in a bathroom.
Delicious.Eric Vilas-Boas
Successionwas about face eggs.
Or, if you prefer, pain sponge.
Not sinceDeadwood hey, another show with no shortage of Shakespearean comparisons!
has a series had such a rollicking good time with the English language.
Yeah, Ill take that trade.
The fact that very few of these Gee, wont these characters rise to our best expectations for them?
Roxana Hadadi
Successionwas about how there are ultimately some moral absolutes.
If you kill someone, you cant just get away with it.
Eventually your acting teacher will shoot you.
Wait, no that wasBarry.
It was about They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
Oops, sorry, that wasTed Lasso.
It was about how great people are not born or bred.
And they are terrible parents.
Hmmm, that wasThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
But it is a trap.
Rich people shouldnt have kids.
Therapy is worth it, hey make time for it!
Choire Sicha
Successionwas about Stewy being bi all along.Wolfgang Ruth
