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User Reviews for: Succession

nadenrhys
3/10  2 years ago
Besides the incredibly superficial Shakespeare allusions, there is little which distinguishes this from a simple re-run of _The Thick of It_'s rhythms and philosophy. Much like _The Thick of It_, it uses labyrinthine dialogue to trick the audience into believing there is substantive intelligence on-screen when there, by and large, is none. Its conceit that the particular neuroses of its cast justifies the overwritten script is only a minor concession when these characters are often interminably dull.

So, if it does not function as drama, does it function as satire? With the exception of one sublime chamber piece, the answer is an emphatic 'no'. The basic material which the show works with is certainly nothing new - we can look to Renoir's _The Rules of the Game_, Stroheim's _Foolish Wives_ or Lampedusa's _The Leopard_ as infinitely more sophisticated satirical-dramatic works on bourgeois elite subjects. Despite all the talk in the series of a 'new media landscape' which is set to destroy the aged Roy dynasty, nothing about this new reality is explored with any degree of insight beyond its novelty.

Season two episode, _Panic Room_, represents the rare occasion when the show's writers have their finger on the pulse and are able to encapsulate both the bristling intensity and inherent absurdity of the very real political divisions which underscore contemporary civil life.
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