Old Man Yells at the Unvaccinated

<p><strong>In another display of ignorance on the science, Anthony Fauci declared Wednesday that there are is no “true basis” for concerns over potential long term side effects of COVID vaccines, despite there being no long term studies to take data from.</strong></p> <p>While speaking on a virtual call in concert with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Fauci was asked by a caller if pilots have any ‘valid concerns’ after it was suggested that many are remaining unvaccinated to avoid potential long term side effects that may infringe on their ability to fly.</p> <p>“Pilots at American and Southwest Airlines in particular are arguing that some pilots may be reluctant to get vaccinated because of potential of career-ending side effects,” the caller stated, adding “They’re concerned that there could be long-term side effects that could cause them to then lose their medical certification and also lose their jobs and their livelihoods. So is this a valid concern?”</p> <p>Fauci responded “Well, right now on the basis of literally hundreds and hundreds of millions of vaccinations that we’ve had, the safety of these vaccines have been clearly established.”</p> <p>Or perhaps there just isn’t any empirical long term data yet?</p> <p>He continued, “The long-term effects that the people are apparently concerned about really have — I’m sure there is a very, very, very rare exception — but the long-term effects are really actually non-existent, in the sense of anything that has been a red flag on the part of the follow-up of these individuals.”</p> <p>“So although one, I guess, can theoretically say, ‘I’m concerned about a long-term effect,’ the fact of the safety and the follow-up over a considerable period of time, over a year as so many individuals, we have not really seen that. So we don’t really see any true basis in that concern.”</p> <p>Watch:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Fauci’s comments come amid the ongoing saga of <a href="https://summit.news/2021/10/13/videos-pilots-speak-out-against-vaccine-mandate-dictatorship/">pilots resisting airlines attempting to institute vaccine mandates</a>, with hundreds of flights still being cancelled as workers engage in apparent ‘sick-outs’.</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> Follow on Twitter: <p>———————————————————————————————————————<br /> Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! Get it at <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><strong>https://www.pjwshop.com/</strong></a> <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><img alt="PJW Shop" border="0" height="600" src="https://cdn.summit.news/2021/07/merch.jpg" width="348" /></a></p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong> In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>We need you to sign up for our free newsletter <a href="https://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support our sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, we urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>. ———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://summit.news/2021/10/14/old-man-yells-at-the-unvaccinated/">https://summit.news/2021/10/14/old-man-yells-at-the-unvaccinated/</a>

revolution summit Old Man Yells at the Unvaccinated

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Video: Fauci Claims No “True Basis” In Concerns Over Long Term COVID Vax Side Effects

<p><strong>A report by the Odessa Accountability Project claims that a 17-year-old COVID patient suffering from breathing difficulties entered a hospital in Texas, only for staff to place a plastic bag over her head after she removed her face mask.</strong></p> <p>Yes, really.</p> <p>A photo of the teenager posted to the group’s Facebook page shows the young woman with the bag, which features the words “equipment cover,” placed over her head and upper body. She is also wearing a face mask.</p> <p>You don’t need to be a doctor to know the dangers of putting plastic bags over people’s heads, especially if they are already suffering from breathing difficulties.</p> <p>The young woman was “humiliated and dehumanized by the staff” for apparently removing her face mask.</p> <p>“The girl’s mother said she complained of not being able to breath well, taking off the mask, and was asked to put it back on,” states the post.</p> <p>“The bag was over her head for roughly 30 minutes and she was instructed to save the bag for future use throughout the hospital.”</p> <p>Respondents to the post reacted with horror.</p> <p>“If that was my child, or grandchild, I’d walk her out of that hospital after telling them where to put that bag,” remarked one.</p> <p>“I can’t believe they did this to her,” said another.</p> <p>“I don’t believe in most medical lawsuits but in this case I would definitely be talking to an attorney,” commented another.</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> <p>Follow on Twitter:</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p>Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! Get it at <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><strong>https://www.pjwshop.com/</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><img alt="PJW Shop" border="0" height="600" src="https://cdn.summit.news/2021/07/merch.jpg" width="348" /></a></p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="https://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on <a href="https://pauljosephwatson.locals.com/"><strong>Locals</strong></a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://summit.news/2021/10/14/video-fauci-claims-no-true-basis-in-concerns-over-long-term-covid-vax-side-effects/">https://summit.news/2021/10/14/video-fauci-claims-no-true-basis-in-concerns-over-long-term-covid-vax-side-effects/</a>

revolution summit Video: Fauci Claims No “True Basis” In Concerns Over Long Term COVID Vax Side Effects

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Instagram Censors Evolutionary Biologist For Post Pointing Out Men Are Physically Stronger Than Women

<p><strong>In addition to overseeing funding of gain of function coronavirus experiments in Wuhan, and then lying about it, it has now emerged that Dr Fauci was in charge of funding horrid experimental research on dogs, including purposefully infecting the animals with parasites known to be contagious to humans.</strong></p> <p>The report <a href="https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/2021/07/30/fauci-funding-wasteful-deadly-dog-tests/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">from the White Coat Waste Project</a> draws on information gleaned from a FOIA request which revealed that $400,000 was pumped into National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease experiments to infect beagles with parasites from biting flies.</p> <p>The report outlines how the dogs “endured months of pain, and once researchers were done with them, they were killed.”</p> <p>The NIAID <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3bt9frqthynnjz0/Lopez%20Brena%20%2355876%20Release%20Copy.pdf?dl=0">task order</a> states that “28 beagles were to be allowed to develop infections for three months before being euthanized for blood collection.”</p> <p>The records obtained under the FOIA request show the dogs “vocalized pain” during the experiments.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img alt="" class="wp-image-98959" height="172" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/08/White-Coat-Waste-1024x307.png" width="576" /></figure> <p>Torturing and killing dogs, the most loving and innocent creatures on Earth, with deadly parasites that are also extremely dangerous to people.</p> <p>Can this guy get any more evil?</p> <p>What’s next? Funding for research on what temperature it is best to roast new born babies?</p> <p>Breaking down the report, Fox News host Ben Domenech noted that “If Dr. Anthony Fauci thought Rand Paul was mad at him, wait until the animal activists see this.”</p> [embedded content] <p>As noted by Justin Goodman, one of the authors of the report, experimental and cruel research on dogs was ended a long time ago by the EPA and other agencies, because there’s very little of use to us that can be gleaned scientifically from it, yet Fauci’s agency continued with it nonetheless.</p> <p>Host Lara Logan chimed in, commenting “How could you not love dogs? This has to be something that people everywhere are united on,” adding “In fact, they’re supposed to be far fewer experiments on animals, particularly dogs, because so many people are really just horrified by it. There’s ethical considerations, moral considerations and of course, there’s the practical considerations.”</p> <p>“We know these things happen, but should they be happening with taxpayer money? Dr. Fauci is increasingly becoming Dr. Evil. Over and over again, the decisions that he made that have just destroyed millions of lives all over the world are becoming more apparent by day,” Logan added.</p> <p>Logan further pointed out “We still don’t know so much about what he’s doing. We don’t know what they’re doing at the NIH with animals. We don’t know what research they’re funding with gain of function.”</p> <p>Fox News states that unsurprisingly neither Fauci nor the NIH has responded to requests for information on this matter.</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> Follow on Twitter: <p>———————————————————————————————————————<br /> Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! Get it at <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><strong>https://www.pjwshop.com/</strong></a> <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><img alt="PJW Shop" border="0" height="600" src="https://cdn.summit.news/2021/07/merch.jpg" width="348" /></a></p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong> In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>We need you to sign up for our free newsletter <a href="https://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support our sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, we urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>. ———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://summit.news/2021/10/14/instagram-censors-evolutionary-biologist-for-post-pointing-out-men-are-physically-stronger-than-women/">https://summit.news/2021/10/14/instagram-censors-evolutionary-biologist-for-post-pointing-out-men-are-physically-stronger-than-women/</a>

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Muslim Convert Responsible for Bow and Arrow Killings Described as “Danish National” by Media

<p><strong>A shocking incident where a woman at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, London, wearing a Charlie Hebdo t-shirt was stabbed in the face in broad daylight by an assailant who still hasn’t been caught was completely ignored by Mayor Sadiq Khan.</strong></p> <p>The attack, which happened at around 3:30pm on Sunday, targeted 39-year-old Hatun Tash, who fled Turkey after renouncing Islam for Christianity. She now preaches on behalf of Defend Christ Critique Islam Ministries and is a regular fixture at Speaker’s Corner.</p> <p>Footage shared on social media shows an individual dressed in black approach the woman and slash her across the face. He flees the scene as some bystanders take chase while others attempt to come to the aid of the injured woman.</p> <p>Tash subsequently collapses to the ground and is seen bleeding from the head.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="13.911111111111"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">A Christian preacher has been stabbed at Speakers Corner by an Islamic extremist.</p> <p>We were supposed to be there today and we thank Hashem we cancelled at the last minute.</p> <p>Our thoughts and prayers are with Hatun Tash.</p> <p>We are praying for her speedy recovery.</p> <p>Video: <a href="https://twitter.com/el_soco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@el_soco</a> <a href="https://t.co/HJYAvhWzCu">pic.twitter.com/HJYAvhWzCu</a></p> <p>— Israel Advocacy Movement (@israel_advocacy) <a href="https://twitter.com/israel_advocacy/status/1419349192699486210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Police asked people to “not to speculate on the motive for the attack” (despite it being blindingly obvious) and belittled her as suffering only a “minor slash injury to her head.”</p> <p>Despite a knife being found and there being multiple witnesses to the attack, Metropolitan Police have not yet caught the culprit.</p> <p>“As evidenced by the sirens blaring nearby the scene in the video, police appeared to be nearby, so it’s unclear as to why they weren’t able to arrest the attacker, who fled on foot. One video showed a police car giving chase,” reports <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/christian-street-preacher-wearing-charlie-hebdo-t-shirt-stabbed-london-park">Zero Hedge</a>.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="9.3872180451128"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt has been stabbed at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park</p> <p>So we've got a teacher in hiding fearing for his life and people being stabbed on the streets <a href="https://t.co/noj9mMKVf4">pic.twitter.com/noj9mMKVf4</a></p> <p>— Jamie Rightly 🇬🇧 (@JamieRightly) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamieRightly/status/1419399696578224138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>After the incident, media reports centered on the fact that the woman was wearing the Charlie Hebdo shirt and not the obvious motive of the attacker, with some <a href="https://www.rt.com/uk/530298-hyde-park-preacher-charlie-hebdo-stabbed/">suggesting</a> the implication that the victim had deserved it.</p> <p>London Mayor Sadiq Khan has failed to acknowledge the incident at all, something that undoubtedly wouldn’t be the case had the roles had been reversed.</p> <p>Despite Khan branding a speech by an anti-vaxxer nurse at a protest on Saturday “disgusting” and calling for the police to investigate her, Khan has remained completely silent on the stabbing attack, which apparently isn’t as “disgusting” as some offensive words.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="9.0494296577947"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">This is disgusting. Our NHS staff have given everything to help Londoners during the pandemic —they are heroes. I’ve spoken to <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MetPoliceUK</a> about this incident and they have my full support to investigate it.</p> <p>— Mayor of London (@MayorofLondon) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1419695654436225033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Maybe this is just “part and parcel of living in a big city,” as Khan once said about the threat of terror attacks.</p> <p>Tash was previously detained by police for 20 hours and has routinely faced “intimidation, threats, sexual assaults and physical assaults” for preaching at Speaker’s Corner, including an incident in October 2020, where she was assaulted and knocked unconscious.</p> <p>The location has become notorious in recent years for being physically dominated by Muslim men who form large mobs to try to intimidate Christians and other Muslims from different sects, with police being largely ineffective at keeping the peace.</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> <p>Follow on Twitter:</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p>Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! 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revolution summit Muslim Convert Responsible for Bow and Arrow Killings Described as “Danish National” by Media

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Video: Joe Rogan Applauds Tucker Carlson For Having Conversations With Leftists… And It Makes Leftists Angry

<p><strong>Police Scotland have released a campaign ad that suggests calling a woman “nice” and buying her dinner are pre-cursors to “sexual violence.”</strong></p> <p>Yes, really.</p> <p>The campaign is “hoping to tackle male sexual entitlement” and features several different men describing behavior which supposedly is a gateway to sexual assault.</p> <p>Such behavior includes calling a girl “doll,” giving a girl a “compliment,” such as “nice” and buying a woman dinner or alcoholic drinks, as well as basic male banter.</p> <p>The ad then mixes in actual examples of gross behavior, such as sending dick pics, to conflate everything as one.</p> <p>“I’d ask all men to watch this film – and then encourage your sons, fathers, brothers and friends to do likewise,” tweeted First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true" readability="11.100591715976"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">“Sexual violence starts long before you think it does”.</p> <p>This new campaign from <a href="https://twitter.com/PoliceScotland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PoliceScotland</a> is powerful and important. I’d ask all men to watch this film – and then encourage your sons, fathers, brothers and friends to do likewise. <a href="https://twitter.com/ThatGuyScotland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThatGuyScotland</a> <a href="https://t.co/I5H7I8vOqx">https://t.co/I5H7I8vOqx</a></p> <p>— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1448302759334322182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>In reality, actual rapists and violent criminals are going to give zero fucks about a droopy Twitter campaign ad, and all this will accomplish is the further social engineering of young men to be petrified of forming relationships with women.</p> <p>Feminists (particularly male feminists who seem particularly excited by this campaign, despite many of them turning out to be actual abusers as the #MeToo saga proved), can’t seem to grasp the fact that predators don’t care about virtue signaling public relations campaigns.</p> <p>As Mary Wakefield <a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-would-making-misogyny-a-hate-crime">writes</a> in the Spectator, after the murder of Sabina Nessa, more men were encouraged to attend a vigil, as if that would do anything to stop men who “fantasise about killing.”</p> <p>“A considerable part of the population seems to think that what’s needed to safeguard against horrible violent murder is more ‘education’; as if men hurt women because they somehow don’t quite know it’s wrong,” writes Wakefield.</p> <p>Meanwhile, they made it illegal for women to carry pepper spray in the UK, something that would actually work.</p> <p>As we highlight in the video below, Facebook also recently demanded that Capcom censor the remake of Resident Evil 4 for VR because it contains “misogynistic” scenes in which the lead male character flirts with a female character and asks for her phone number.</p> <p>Given this social engineering, is it any surprise that young men are becoming increasingly bewildered about how to form relationships, with many of them joining the growing ranks of the incel movement?</p> <p>[embedded content]</p> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE on YouTube:</strong></p> <p>Follow on Twitter:</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p>Brand <strong>new merch</strong> now available! Get it at <a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><strong>https://www.pjwshop.com/</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.pjwshop.com/"><img alt="PJW Shop" border="0" height="600" src="https://cdn.summit.news/2021/07/merch.jpg" width="348" /></a></p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="https://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Get early access, exclusive content and behinds the scenes stuff by following me on <a href="https://pauljosephwatson.locals.com/"><strong>Locals</strong></a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://summit.news/2021/10/14/video-joe-rogan-applauds-tucker-carlson-for-having-conversations-with-leftists-and-it-makes-leftists-angry/">https://summit.news/2021/10/14/video-joe-rogan-applauds-tucker-carlson-for-having-conversations-with-leftists-and-it-makes-leftists-angry/</a>

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The dark, enthralling power of Succession

<p>One way to know that <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GWukCJAq-nIuHwwEAAAB4?offer_id=5&transaction_id=1028384285d12b89da23d38fba3a1e&affiliate_id=1008&aff_click_id=102e3ae27b0875137e03d20f413648&utm_source=Vox+Media&utm_medium=affiliate"><em>Succession</em></a> has become one of the signature television shows of the moment is just how thoroughly American TV fandom at large has digested it as a series of quick touchstones. You may not have seen <em>Succession</em>, but maybe you’ve heard about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dUDQTc-9kM">Kendall Roy’s supremely cringey rap</a>, or the line “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAlySFluEk">You can’t make a Tomelette without breaking some Greggs</a>.”</p> <p>Maybe you’ve seen tweets about how much <a href="https://twitter.com/abbotonline/status/1178428548744392707">the theme song</a> is a banger. Or heard brilliant comedian Demi Adejuyigbe’s “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-6K2CjJ6dk">Kiss from Daddy</a>,” which adds ridiculous lyrics to said theme song. Perhaps the words “boar on the floor” mean something to you?</p> <p>If you’re not a fan of HBO’s darkly comedic primetime soap, you may not be aware of all of the above, but at least one of any number of <em>Succession</em> memes, jokes, and flash points has probably pierced your social media bubble, even if you were completely baffled by it. The show has slowly but surely wormed its way into the hearts of People Who Talk About TV Online, and that has allowed it to become the prestige drama of the moment, winning near-universal critical praise and nine Emmys across its first two seasons.</p> <p>A lot of that success is due to how easy it is to boil down the show to its most immediately hilarious jokes, awkward moments, and jaw-dropping plot twists. But I would argue that just as much of it stems from how ably <em>Succession</em> incorporates themes our culture is obsessed with right now. In its portrayal of a broken family that is making the world a little bit worse every single day, the series speaks to an era where billionaires <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/26/elon-musk-says-he-will-probably-move-mars/">openly muse about moving to a new planet</a> if we irreparably screw this one up.</p> <p><em>Succession</em> is many, many things, but the series has five specific modes that have made it such a darling of people who care about TV. Those modes illustrate just how completely the series has encapsulated our modern world.</p> <figure class="e-image"><span class="e-image__inner"><span class="e-image__image" data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg"><picture class="c-picture" data-cid="site/picture_element-1634220503_873_142882" data-cdata='{"asset_id":22910918,"ratio":"*"}'><source srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/T0To_0vM521inwL-T5Z99WbuJ5Y=/0x0:1920x1280/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ycDqn6GkudZ5NiLAFYEvP72i6eU=/0x0:1920x1280/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JaHhS_iutbSqLIIcMSY_VwZzTN4=/0x0:1920x1280/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GAx_-S-pqSx9anERaT6dGFrKERE=/0x0:1920x1280/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/z6wfRio9xjNlMhItHdhWuYIugZE=/0x0:1920x1280/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/tn_nvavLJDUtOsPZYXRjAJaI784=/0x0:1920x1280/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/C8j2y4L3FJ5ui1sJxjQD3qk8Jhs=/0x0:1920x1280/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HS53Zt5FVIkJM5zVPKItxUqAZD4=/0x0:1920x1280/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XjiUFQX_D6h1qHKGUTIoX2S6IgE=/0x0:1920x1280/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" type="image/webp" /> <img alt="Logan and Shiv sit in a gorgeous office in the Waystar-Royco home base, framed against a New York skyline featuring the setting sun." data-upload-width="1920" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wzV9xuxN3t3asCC3qgbhPbtQM2c=/0x0:1920x1280/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CzapEzaOqGgLQNz3489haUgr2kU=/0x0:1920x1280/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WzKPUELjZyR22K5QXe26s9doJ_Y=/0x0:1920x1280/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/U4sQ3lh3ngZVn_rhNSxczoljxkU=/0x0:1920x1280/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/_eAPmM8N6J6nRLcRojApNu1xfqE=/0x0:1920x1280/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/sntLJ_wRJYzRKWpFCAmrQP10DKA=/0x0:1920x1280/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Z3b_pJtnc0nWWcmI306uU7QlZPA=/0x0:1920x1280/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/-_sZvg8jc4zuLTB1QGSosHd4T2c=/0x0:1920x1280/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yJfw_P_XiMX3yi_1lAJCjCVYif4=/0x0:1920x1280/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JVMyrAQUnJWG03H7sVDABk4CgW4=/0x0:1920x1280/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910918/brian_cox_sarah_snook_0.jpg 1920w" /></picture></span></span> <figcaption><span class="e-image__meta">Succession’s Logan Roy (Brian Cox) games out his next moves with his daughter Shiv (Sarah Snook).</span></figcaption> <span class="e-image__meta"><cite>HBO</cite></span></figure> <p>If you asked even the most casual viewer of <em>Succession</em> to identify its core theme, “wealth corrupts those who hold it” (or something to that effect) would almost surely be part of their answer. Wealth is everywhere in <em>Succession</em>, but it’s rarely displayed ostentatiously. The characters are so used to having obscene amounts of money, they seem unaware that not everyone enjoys the same levels of comfort.</p> <p>The Roy family at the center of <em>Succession</em> is a kind of portmanteau of the Murdoch family (owners of the News Corp empire, encompassing Fox News, the Fox Broadcasting Company, and numerous publications) and the Redstone family (majority shareholder of the ViacomCBS empire, which includes numerous TV networks as well as Paramount Pictures). Paterfamilias Logan Roy (Brian Cox) is past his prime, and in the series’ very first episode, he almost dies. But he’s very good at yelling, and everybody around him is so terrified of his whims that he tends to get his way, even when he’s recovering from a debilitating stroke.</p> <p><em>Succession</em>’s first episode almost immediately established just how divorced the Roys are from reality. In one of its most memorable sequences, Roman (Kieran Culkin), the sleazy and opportunistic youngest brother of the family, offers a working-class kid $1 million if he can hit a home run. He can’t, and Roman chuckles at the whole ordeal while a few of the lampreys who have attached themselves to the Roy family’s belly go to pay off the kid’s parents so that they don’t tell anybody anything.</p> <p>Broadly speaking, <em>Succession</em> lives within the “primetime soap about a rich family” subgenre, but rather than reveling in the opulence and decadence of extreme wealth in the fashion of <em>Dynasty</em> or <em>Dallas</em>, <em>Succession</em> makes everything feel a little gross. The show is careful to never present wealth as a prison that holds the characters back — they could always just buy six jets and move to Antarctica — but it never loses sight of the fact that <em>we</em>, the viewers, live in a socioeconomic prison built in large part by people who have more money than they could ever reasonably spend.</p> <p>Every so often, a character on <em>Succession</em> suggests the Roys are destroying the planet, and the show never offers a response other than, “Yes, almost certainly.” There’s no reason for anybody to have so much money, and the Roys’ wealth serves primarily to make them squabble endlessly with each other over it. <em>Succession</em> makes you empathize with billionaires without ever making you like them. It’s a neat trick.</p> <p>Make no mistake: <em>Succession</em> is a uniquely despairing drama about a family (and a planet) circling the drain. But the reason it’s watchable at all is that it’s also one of TV’s funniest shows.</p> <p>It comes by its comedic bona fides honestly. Creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong was known predominantly for comedy before taking this turn toward the dramatic, having co-created the legendary British series <em>Peep Show</em> and written for the British political satire <em>The Thick of It</em>. He even earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay of <em>In the Loop</em>, the film adaptation of <em>The Thick of It</em>. His keen sense of satire is to <em>Succession</em>’s great benefit.</p> <p>Consider, “You can’t make a Tomelette without breaking some Greggs,” a joke from the <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/10/6/20897073/succession-season-2-episode-9-dc-recap-winners-losers-tom-greg">penultimate episode of season two</a>. It’s part of an email read by a congressman at a Senate subcommittee hearing investigating the Roy family’s shady handling of sexual assault allegations tied to their cruise line.</p> <p>The joke, then, is part of something uniquely dark and horrible, but it’s also just such a good joke. It skillfully plays off the fact that Roy family son-in-law Tom Wambsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) and gangly nephew/cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) are the show’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, lurking around the story’s edges to have comedic side plots that occasionally intersect with the action.</p> <p>“Tomelette” and “Greggs” isn’t just a funny combination of puns. It underscores the characters’ roles within both the show and this storyline, as well as the callousness with which the Roy family treats almost every serious wrong committed by Waystar Royco, the media conglomerate the family owns. It might be perfect.</p> <p>Beyond oddly significant puns, <em>Succession</em> boasts a thorough command of a wide range of comedic styles. It’s as adroit with cringe comedy as it is with wordplay, and it allows its characters to be clever without turning everyone into a quip machine. I laugh many, many times watching each episode of <em>Succession</em>, without ever feeling like the show undercuts its storytelling with absurdity. It’s a neat trick.</p> <figure class="e-image"><span class="e-image__inner"><span class="e-image__image" data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg"><picture class="c-picture" data-cid="site/picture_element-1634220503_5056_142883" data-cdata='{"asset_id":22910927,"ratio":"*"}'><source srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IaynJTQRp4zkWOVlM6Al7u4-XY4=/0x0:1920x1277/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YsC79v4PNYRR3X_kjoE5LkV4qKI=/0x0:1920x1277/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/GgbPfVstaD3y5Dp9j-0xPUnkmKs=/0x0:1920x1277/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/87ssFkGkRJneAcNQ0Kz41ofzzm4=/0x0:1920x1277/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/W6Q7_9IohuGNbOVwMdN7dQhgX08=/0x0:1920x1277/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/f92RfvvzFomzRmiOy4-mCYF7LDw=/0x0:1920x1277/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/x3RLhXvtXps9gBE3etlDtE7S3Jc=/0x0:1920x1277/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mXkI3a2k-A1UZBUcKGCaEMzt6_Y=/0x0:1920x1277/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/om513SLha5n4YoNWYKg85WflDww=/0x0:1920x1277/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" type="image/webp" /> <img alt="Kendall and Greg discuss their next moves in the kitchen of Kendall’s ex-wife’s apartment." data-upload-width="1920" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/s3y8-sGK-fY2Sqg4ced8fGmO-3o=/0x0:1920x1277/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RVfjgQNsqlsjMvKLkg8tWhRTWcw=/0x0:1920x1277/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/R0iZcr8ghv59cvVWiKDo-A6GRr4=/0x0:1920x1277/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZAEvite07xWLvO53gV7c7lQcZDM=/0x0:1920x1277/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZN1eJSIKKzC38ftZYZd8hNOU63c=/0x0:1920x1277/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/p3ljYNr_kyOnVRH2SHmzDcK3-Y0=/0x0:1920x1277/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/nlwq0TWInCbDv_mJKfAE0sAFImo=/0x0:1920x1277/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/C3TGt1RoHXTe5yLtAM9XKtThA5E=/0x0:1920x1277/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DOK2Mx3984BTjHTbrAupEfuBI_Y=/0x0:1920x1277/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/of63XBfpMHg4NRLkb8B_LX39jkg=/0x0:1920x1277/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1277):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910927/jeremy_strong_nicholas_braun.jpg 1920w" /></picture></span></span> <figcaption><span class="e-image__meta">Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Greg (Nicholas Braun) try to figure out what’s next after their unlikely media firestorm.</span></figcaption> <span class="e-image__meta"><cite>HBO</cite></span></figure> <p>Early in season two, someone in my office got their hands on a <a href="https://twitter.com/emilyvdw/status/1170035215453999104">baseball cap emblazoned with Vaulter</a>, the fake version of Gawker that the Roy family destroys across the course of <em>Succession</em>’s first two seasons. When I posted a photo of myself wearing it on social media, seemingly every journalist I know reached out to ask where I’d gotten it. They can’t have it. It’s mine.</p> <p>I share this anecdote to elucidate the degree to which <em>Succession</em> resonates with media types: Its portrayal of how the Roys blithely destroy everything they touch to protect their own interests emphasizes just how perilous journalism has become at this point in history. Profit margins are razor thin, and increased media consolidation means that independent voices within the industry are largely marginalized or snuffed out. (See also: <a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/3/8/11181536/hulk-hogan-gawker">original recipe Gawker</a>.)</p> <p>Of all the modes of <em>Succession</em>, “media satire” is the one that probably speaks to the smallest number of people. But at a certain point, if everybody who works in media is watching a show and treating it like it’s the only show on TV that matters, a self-fulfilling prophecy emerges. <em>Succession</em> is popular beyond media bubbles, but its popularity within media bubbles certainly didn’t hurt it with regard to getting early attention.</p> <p>I’m not sure that <em>Succession</em> has as much to say about the media as it does many other topics, but maybe the simple act of saying, “This seems like a shitty situation,” is enough in an era when the economic pressures that threaten to suffocate the entire media industry add up to a shitty situation.</p> <p>I do find its portrayal of the ways media titans use their companies mostly to create realities where they never need to feel challenged or upbraided appropriately chilling. Logan Roy is really good at yelling at people until reality bends to become what he wants it to be. His media empire is an extension of that.</p> <p>On the whole, media is even more incidental to <em>Succession</em> than, say, advertising was to <em>Mad Men</em> or chemistry was to <em>Breaking Bad</em> by merely offering a vague milieu in which the series can take place. Still, whenever <em>Succession</em> drops you into the offices of Waystar Royco, it almost always nails what it’s like to work there. It’s a neat trick.</p> <p>If <em>Succession</em>’s most obvious ancestral genre is the primetime soap about rich people, it also has a healthy dose of the family drama baked into its DNA. (Then again, most primetime soaps, from <em>Dallas</em> to <em>Empire</em>, are sneakily family dramas.) The core of the series rests atop the ever-shifting relationships among the four Roy siblings, especially as they compete to win their father’s approval and affection.</p> <p>The series is at its sharpest when it focuses on the three youngest Roy siblings — depressive would-be heir apparent Kendall (Emmy winner Jeremy Strong), slinky cad Roman, and desperate girlboss Shiv (Sarah Snook). The three have an older half-brother, Connor (Alan Ruck), who has a different mother from them, but Connor is more of a comic-relief character, at least so far.</p> <p><em>Succession</em> is just <em>so smart</em> about the ways siblings both support and undercut each other, sometimes in the same moment. Tentative alliances form among all four of the Roy children, sometimes in opposition to Logan and sometimes in support of him, and the series digs into how these four particular people are the only ones who can know what it’s like to be raised by Logan Roy.</p> <p>But the series’ portrayal of complicated family dynamics extends beyond the siblings. Logan’s current wife Marcia (Hiam Abbass) emerges as a key player in her own right across <em>Succession</em>’s first two seasons, while Tom and Greg are more peripheral family members who perpetually seem to be stuck at the kids’ table.</p> <p><em>Succession</em> also broadens its portrayal of family in a metaphorical direction, by underlining the poisonous nature of corporations that insist all their employees are part of a giant family. Waystar Royco might be a family, but it’s just as fucked up as the Roy family. (Keep an eye on J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri, who starts out as a minor player in season one but becomes more and more important as the show continues.)</p> <p>Beyond even Waystar Royco’s own staff, the series pulls in a handful of other rich and powerful families for comparison and contrast against the Roy family. Notably, season two introduces the Pierces, a loose riff on the Sulzbergers (owners of the New York Times) and the sort of old-money liberals Logan Roy was so clearly reacting against when he was young and hungry. (<a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/9/8/20853285/succession-season-2-episode-5-tern-haven-recap-shiv-logan-pierce">The midseason two episode “Tern Haven” is a terrific clash between the two families</a>.)</p> <p>If I had to choose just one of its modes to explain why <em>Succession</em> has taken off the way it has, I’d choose this one. The show’s finely tuned understanding of complicated family dynamics means that you can surely find one or two details in its portrayal of the Roy family that resonate with your own life — and might leave you thankful your family isn’t as messed up as the Roys. It’s a neat trick.</p> <p>But on the “acutely observed family dynamics” front, the series ultimately goes one level deeper than even that.</p> <figure class="e-image"><span class="e-image__inner"><span class="e-image__image" data-original="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg"><picture class="c-picture" data-cid="site/picture_element-1634220503_2116_142884" data-cdata='{"asset_id":22910941,"ratio":"*"}'><source srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1JV2IrSaK53PXu6hCWXEW3j8XI8=/0x0:1920x1280/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/R_P6bZSNF6SlO9q8OvG0gj3ppoE=/0x0:1920x1280/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/PrXEc73n2DJAGpEMQToDX4N9YPQ=/0x0:1920x1280/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/kKoQ1HaXbTb_weovml4Lisncxys=/0x0:1920x1280/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KZlr8hiVHj62zjWFVCQVWU1BgBA=/0x0:1920x1280/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/bhak2iXRBrH3Pcrldxx0I2SzfQc=/0x0:1920x1280/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5raSsNLpg5vLuPr7-RkOyE2aPEs=/0x0:1920x1280/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AhErArNJDC981jc6jM63yOoUXZw=/0x0:1920x1280/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/l8XXX15U34ZFohiSx4yNHanYWlk=/0x0:1920x1280/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1920w" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" type="image/webp" /> <img alt="Roman takes a phone call while looking out over the darkened city." data-upload-width="1920" sizes="(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/4oAvcRE02w-0CLUvSKlUfGyMGzI=/0x0:1920x1280/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/NsOvVot8GyJ8k3oqPbnSW8sMF-g=/0x0:1920x1280/320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3dXmoavugB08dvodNIAEoWbOh1E=/0x0:1920x1280/520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/w_yS9ovXwk95MhUh0hfLfDk7IW4=/0x0:1920x1280/720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/v33pBTzmJ0L7IZ1bR81O6apohCU=/0x0:1920x1280/920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 920w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/5W5PXhyTHv0IJr2w4BqqQTMHJQ0=/0x0:1920x1280/1120x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1120w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/uFpYqfsHQfUN5mZclfjBYIjMm9I=/0x0:1920x1280/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1320w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/60QgQwF8aPo2yOqPHPTRllzFKaI=/0x0:1920x1280/1520x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1520w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/oMm0BbzNo3G5rZCl3t5Qe5glSqM=/0x0:1920x1280/1720x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1720w, https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/xLBVGVj_b40o6DbLboD8AZyWmjg=/0x0:1920x1280/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:1920x1280):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22910941/302___Kieran_Culkin___Macall_B.jpg 1920w" /></picture></span></span> <figcaption><span class="e-image__meta">Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) takes a clandestine phone call.</span></figcaption> <span class="e-image__meta"><cite>HBO</cite></span></figure> <p><em>Succession</em> often portrays Logan Roy as a Shakespearean figure, a little like Lear bellowing at the skies to obey him and not being heard. But because it places his titanic rage within settings that viewers are at least somewhat familiar with — boardrooms and dining rooms — it becomes easier, as the show goes on, to realize Logan is a terrible, abusive parent. At one point in season two, he physically strikes Roman for a minor slight, and all the other siblings either flinch instinctively or stare, dead-eyed, as it happens.</p> <p>Logan Roy has always gotten his way. He’s built his life around the idea that because he thinks something is true, it must indeed be true, and he has built a media empire around similar principles of telling people what they want to hear and not what they actually need to know. He shouts and he blusters and he snaps at people, and if he doesn’t get what he wants, anybody close to him feels the effects of his ire.</p> <p>In Logan’s case, those who are closest to him have always been his children. <em>Succession</em>’s first season hinted at the depths of sadness to which Logan has driven his kids, and then the second season made that sadness both the subtext and text of nearly every scene. The Roy siblings want so badly to be loved by a man who is only capable of trying to bludgeon them (occasionally literally) into a form that is more pleasing to him, which is to say a form that is more subservient to him.</p> <p>Yes, <em>Succession</em> is funny; yes, it’s about wealth; and, yes, it’s really smart about the media. But for my money, the show is smartest about what it means to have an abusive parent. The longer <em>Succession</em> runs, the more Logan’s monstrousness is revealed as critical to the formation of his children. They long desperately to be loved, but what they get is mostly a sense that they have no control over anything in their lives. They spread that lack of control outward to everyone around them. They are a ruling class that does not understand what it means to rule, much less how much their ignorance damages everyone they come into contact with, because all they have known is damage.</p> <p>To be alive in the 2020s is to become more and more aware of how deep the rot goes, to realize how unlikely any of us is to turn the car around before it goes over the cliff. We exist in a world full of men who believe that if they shout something loud enough, it is true — and who take extreme offense to the idea that maybe they are wrong, no matter how gently we break it to them. <em>Succession</em> captures that feeling, and ... I don’t know if it’s a neat trick, but it feels like right now more than any other show on television.</p> <p>Succession <em>season three debuts Sunday at 9 pm Eastern</em> <a href="https://www.hbo.com/succession"><em>on HBO</em></a><em>, and will run through December. The show is also available to stream on</em> <a href="https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GWukCJAq-nIuHwwEAAAB4?offer_id=5&transaction_id=1028384285d12b89da23d38fba3a1e&affiliate_id=1008&aff_click_id=102e3ae27b0875137e03d20f413648&utm_source=Vox+Media&utm_medium=affiliate"><em>HBO Max</em></a><em>.</em></p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/22691830/succession-season-3-hbo-review-roy-logan-kendall-shiv-roman">https://www.vox.com/culture/22691830/succession-season-3-hbo-review-roy-logan-kendall-shiv-roman</a>

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