Succession is about Climate Change. Kind of.

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@alphacat667
@alphacat667 2 жыл бұрын
This show is great because the suspense and betrayals don’t come from violence or action scenes they come from simply trusting another person.
@kipofan7484
@kipofan7484 2 жыл бұрын
Poo po
@kipofan7484
@kipofan7484 2 жыл бұрын
P pp ppl
@toomuchinformation
@toomuchinformation 2 жыл бұрын
Or NOT trusting them.
@himurahaibara1459
@himurahaibara1459 2 жыл бұрын
You said it perfectly. Also i think we as audience are kinda numb now to vioelent scene since GoT and Handmaids Tale.
@timotheopilus
@timotheopilus 2 жыл бұрын
If you like that kind of betrayal watch Survivor.
@Harkness197
@Harkness197 2 жыл бұрын
You say climate change, I say: Connor Roy was interested in politics at a very young age.
@anikultra2525
@anikultra2525 Жыл бұрын
It is every fuken top comment in succession video.
@bagathmanish8876
@bagathmanish8876 Жыл бұрын
Well, i say “Connor roy is the eldest son”.
@daniellopez-eq1qk
@daniellopez-eq1qk Жыл бұрын
@@bagathmanish8876 q😊😊
@chisomo8088
@chisomo8088 Жыл бұрын
@@anikultra2525 its important to remind people of this fact
@victorperezurbano9504
@victorperezurbano9504 Жыл бұрын
​@@anikultra2525 well, that's because he is the eldest son
@shanekajohnson1320
@shanekajohnson1320 Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how Logan never acknowledged that twice his kids saved the company when his body broke down. Kendall by bringing in Stewie and Shiv saving the bear hug settlement when Logan had UTI.
@mrb4761
@mrb4761 Жыл бұрын
It's not that crazy -- if you've had a narcissistic parent or narcissistic boss, you'll know that's how they roll
@alexcoyg3281
@alexcoyg3281 2 жыл бұрын
"Gender fluid illegals maybe entering the country 'twice' " and "Should we really be worried about Robots being body shamed?" by ATN news is some of the best background humor i have ever seen👏👏👏
@bdogthegreat1
@bdogthegreat1 2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if anyone else noticed
@larsgumede9663
@larsgumede9663 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@6Shooter28
@6Shooter28 Жыл бұрын
"I talked to her at the copy machine--now I'm being chemically castrated"
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
First time I saw it needed a double take rewind and pause 👀say whatttt
@LAK_770
@LAK_770 Жыл бұрын
I love the ATN ticker headline in the opening credits - "WHY ARE SO MANY OLDER CELEBRITIES DYING???" It took a few watches before it struck me how asinine that headline is lol
@aumocla
@aumocla 2 жыл бұрын
I think that it matters that Greg's ills also increase as the show goes on - by the end of season 2 he has the sand mites and a toe fungus.
@dirtymike3329
@dirtymike3329 2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Tadaia
@Tadaia 2 жыл бұрын
Also a tummy ache from the gold flakes in the alcohol at the club. And someone texted him asking about him “burning”. Is this all leading to something? Lol
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
@@Tadaia when we first met greg he was high as a kite in a mascot costume, this is who he is
@rhetoric3701
@rhetoric3701 2 жыл бұрын
The show acknowledged you were correct “I guess I’m a climate denier”
@dragonhat22
@dragonhat22 2 жыл бұрын
Scrolled down looking for this comment before I made it lol
@mariaherfst348
@mariaherfst348 2 жыл бұрын
Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but one other element that seems to refer to how the roys are limited by their mortality and/or their body is the fact that kendall is an addict. Kendall's body is working against him because he constantly has this addiction looming over him, which prevents him from actually bettering his life and breaking the toxic cycle.
@clay_geo
@clay_geo 2 жыл бұрын
just as a good number of us are addicted to the unhealthy things capitalism enables us to consume at greater rates than the globally unlucky. an unrelenting torrent of media, data, dopamine hits, and fear from our little black mirrors. why do better when the world is a terrifying place, and staying inside hanging out with your friends Jim Halpert and Captain America feels safe and kinda good anyway? click away on your laptop, have some Zoom chats during the day to earn a few bucks, and spend them at night on overpriced fast-food and weed delivery so you can bliss out watching people have adventures doing stuff you'll never do in your entire life. don't even need to leave your couch; in fact, it can become very difficult to. fortunately for us, for now the world is still a beautiful place if you do.
@stvn1405
@stvn1405 2 жыл бұрын
This is a good point. I've read comments that some suspect Kendall has bipolar (which could fit). I also think Roman has rampant unmedicated ADHD as well, which similarly works against him too
@yairekacosta8632
@yairekacosta8632 Жыл бұрын
@@stvn1405 I think Kendall has borderline personality disorder. "Borderline Personality Disorder is characterized by a persistent pattern of emotional instability, which alters mood, self-image, and behavior. The person experiences strong emotions and impulsive outbursts that generate uncertainty, they may present extremist thinking and their affections are organized in this way. One day it can refer to admiring a person and later to despise them. His type of thinking is dichotomous, "Everything is bad or good." When experiencing turbulent sensations and having changing feelings, their relationships are often intense and chaotic. Other significant symptoms include: Intense fear of being abandoned, intolerance towards feelings of loneliness, frequently having feelings of emptiness or boredom, presence of inappropriate outbursts of anger, appearance of consumption behaviors, impulsive sexual relations or self-harm behaviors."
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
Agreed- Roman's body betrays him after years of abuse to himself and those who get too close (like lookin in a mirror)
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
Cause and effect of parenthood in terms of child development, and shiv is a sadist like her daddy @@stvn1405
@josephelijah4073
@josephelijah4073 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that you managed to unironically work in "we live in a society" makes this breakdown a 10/10 for me
@wyattrussell7496
@wyattrussell7496 2 жыл бұрын
The theme song is going to be a number 1 single once hip hop starts sampling it.
@airwriq
@airwriq 2 жыл бұрын
For real!
@hfztt
@hfztt 2 жыл бұрын
Its style is very similar to "The Thick of It". Dramatic satire. The situations are so absurd that it is obvious you should not take it serious as a real drama, but it is played straight by the actors as a drama, which just puts it such a nice dark place with its humor. I love it.
@ramen8098
@ramen8098 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: One of the writers of The Thick of It, Jesse Armstrong, is actually the writer and creator of Succession.
@EJD339
@EJD339 2 жыл бұрын
It reminded me a lot of veep.
@dog-ez2nu
@dog-ez2nu 2 жыл бұрын
@@EJD339 Guess who wrote Veep?
@EJD339
@EJD339 2 жыл бұрын
@@dog-ez2nu that’s very cool. Didn’t know what. Just actually started watching the show 3 months ago.
@abolishpolice5232
@abolishpolice5232 2 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry to inform you that The Thick of It is based on real events
@Tom_Nicholas
@Tom_Nicholas 2 жыл бұрын
There’s no-one to root for but I’m still Team Gregg.
@davidhunt7454
@davidhunt7454 2 жыл бұрын
This is the way to be sure.
@musicman9023
@musicman9023 2 жыл бұрын
Can't help but root for that beautiful Ichabod Crane!
@DMO-DMO-DMO
@DMO-DMO-DMO 2 жыл бұрын
He may be horrible, but Tom is definitely my favorite character. There's a lot to unpack hahaha
@ddrtheweedman
@ddrtheweedman 2 жыл бұрын
The part of you that likes greg is the part of you that wishes to be this stupid rich even though you hate billionaires
@TheRikkarikna
@TheRikkarikna 2 жыл бұрын
I love greg but he is also quite evil himself
@SnoFitzroy
@SnoFitzroy 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe this is hte poverty speaking, but the part that makes my head spin the most realizing how terrible these people are is "the banquet followed by throwing away the leftovers" That one shot you showed of what was thrown away could have been three days of food.
@nicholasthompson952
@nicholasthompson952 Жыл бұрын
What makes it worse was that it wasn't leftovers - they threw the entire banquet's worth of food away because there was a bad smell in the house so Logan didn't feel like eating and was worried the smell would get into the food.
@glowwurm9365
@glowwurm9365 2 жыл бұрын
It’s also clearly a critique on modern capitalism / politics, the role of the media, the nepotism involved in business (none of the kids are up to the task of managing a multinational, but they’re entitled so they believe they’re the only ones capable) and politics. Its also highlighting the costs of capitalism on the family, where money drives everything but it doesn’t make the children or the families happy (they’re all dysfunctional individuals and they all clamour for time with there absentee father). Not once do they think about the implications of their actions on society, It’s a Shakespearian tragedy of epic proportions and we’re seeing this in our society today. We all know disaster is looming, but we’re pretending we can somehow control what’s about to happen (we can’t).
@ItWasBetterBefore
@ItWasBetterBefore 2 жыл бұрын
Succession always gives me Shakespeare vibes too. King Lear especially.
@lauramarshall2072
@lauramarshall2072 2 жыл бұрын
Watching Logan reminds me of entitled maniac trump. (With higher intelligence) and Tom seeking the limelight purely for status and is money hungry like jared....I love the natural flow of throwing cheap shots at each other
@glowwurm9365
@glowwurm9365 2 жыл бұрын
@@lauramarshall2072 I would equate Logan to Murdoch TBH, which I assume the entire show has been based on. Murdochs family is dysfunctional, his kids are arseholes who have failed in the corporate world but got those opportunities precisely because of who their father was. The phone hacking scandal is similar to the cruise line debacle in the show in that they clearly new but publicly denied all knowledge and culpability for there employees actions. Parallels could be made for Trump (his father was actually a successful self made man, Donald certainly isn’t self made despite trying to give that impression). His kids are certainly devoid of talent and in there own rights have achieved nothing of note.
@johnparker1938
@johnparker1938 2 жыл бұрын
This would be played out the same way in a communist country as well.... The only difference being the media would be owned by the government.
@DoughBoy45
@DoughBoy45 2 жыл бұрын
2:06 Critique? I’d say parody. I’ve seen these personalities from the rich to the poor. And it’s not capitalism. It’s corruption. Because you can be a Logan Roy and be communist. Unless you consider the fact that communist leaders end up killing anyone who dares go against the established status quo.
@Chadmlad
@Chadmlad Жыл бұрын
How did I miss Kendall literally shitting the bed??? I DO NOT REMEMBER THIS
@colinbatchelder6742
@colinbatchelder6742 2 жыл бұрын
The balance of humiliation and empathy is so addicting !
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
Empathy? **insert Logan's catchphrase here**
@gahllib
@gahllib 2 жыл бұрын
This is a really good essay. Even beyond the climate change metaphor, your technical insight on how the character dynamics work in Succession really enriched my understanding of the show. Nice work!
@robrick9361
@robrick9361 2 жыл бұрын
The essay sucks. His argument about Logan's wealth not meaning anything when he's sick is BS since he can afford the best medical care. Which is ironic cause fossil fuels are the reason we have so much medicine, clean water, heat, and food. If you turned off the power tomorrow, these climate change morons would change their tune really quickly once they see how much they took for granted. Just telling them that they'll only be able to charge their phone every other day would immediately end the discussion.
@samsepiol6151
@samsepiol6151 2 жыл бұрын
I hadn't thought about the gross bodily horrors in the show before. Really interesting observations :) Gonna go read that piece you mentioned
@CarlMarxPunk
@CarlMarxPunk Жыл бұрын
Roy's abrupt dead and The "Living+" thing becoming a main focus in the final season definitely brings to the forefront a lot of the talking points from this video...
@KidFresh71
@KidFresh71 2 жыл бұрын
“If it is to be said- so be it. So it is.” - Greg (the sturdy birdie).
@DarkScherzo94
@DarkScherzo94 2 жыл бұрын
I always saw Ewan's assessment of Logan as a parody. That self righteous aspect of "I'm against capitalism and I hate that they are ruining the environment, but I still profit from it". When Ewan says that Logan's worse than Hitler, the show doesn't mean it. I means that Ewan simply wants to feel as if he's making a grand stand against evil while simply saying forgettable words. Words, fucking words.
@StNick119
@StNick119 2 жыл бұрын
I still don't know what to make of Ewan. On the one hand, I thought that maybe he should have deposed Logan, and that it was self-indulgent hypocrisy to not do that. On the other hand, if Ewan's goal is to see Royco damaged as much as possible, maybe allowing Kendall to take over instead from Logan wouldn't have seemed like a good idea. Maybe he thought Kendall would have been a good enough leader to keep the company afloat and that Logan would crash it or die off soon enough. If that's the case, it's not a particularly good assessment of the facts, given the merger that Royco is about to get.
@isabella7131
@isabella7131 2 жыл бұрын
I somewhat agree that he's extremely self righteous but the profit he makes from it is used to donate to greenpeace , he's not just using it for homes and clothes. it's better to use the profit that way instead of not profiting at all and allowing another shareholder to get that money. therefore , it's not just words , although , if he really did care he would have donated the 150mil MUCH earlier rather than just when he's reaching death, seems like he still was proud of the amount of money he could say he had by old age
@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult
@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult Жыл бұрын
He is definitely performatic.
@emmy8526
@emmy8526 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this as an outline of the show on behalf of people who can’t afford HBO. Honestly the only exposure I’ve had to it has been inscrutable smug references by twitterers who can. Thanks for both letting everyone else in on what goes on in Succession and why it might be worthwhile.
@BKSF1
@BKSF1 2 жыл бұрын
this video inspired me to go and grab my long dead plasma donation card and scam a free month off it lol. this works with visa gift cards and such too if you can find like a 5$ one you can get lots of free trials off shit. at least that's how it was 7ish years ago when I had somehow less money than I do now
@musley7819
@musley7819 2 жыл бұрын
Dude, just pirate stuff
@ellac.949
@ellac.949 Жыл бұрын
Aye just pirate it
@miguelrosado6348
@miguelrosado6348 2 жыл бұрын
It's not true that the show doesn't have anyone to root for. What the show does brilliantly is that it keeps shifting the likability around. Doesn't everyone has a soft spot for Tom this season? Wasn't everyone rooting for Kendall the previous season when is beyond broken, and this season everyone sees him as an asshole completely inappropriate, cringey, and out of touch? And isn't he slowly going back to that same Kendall we were rooting for?
@sriharsha9640
@sriharsha9640 2 жыл бұрын
The season 4 concludes with Logan naming Vin diesel as his successor. He loves the family as much as Logan.
@xp8969
@xp8969 2 жыл бұрын
1:51 on my way to Gary's house to steal everything he owns to make him happy and protect his kids 😂
@amazingabby25
@amazingabby25 2 жыл бұрын
Good idea
@jadacrossing9353
@jadacrossing9353 Жыл бұрын
"Logan Roy's body is a liability" LOL
@annienoel6698
@annienoel6698 2 жыл бұрын
All of your insights about this wonderful television show are GOLD!!
@kadyliang5646
@kadyliang5646 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for including the clip about not making any tomlettes without breaking some greggs. Best line in the series.
@drankclaw2095
@drankclaw2095 2 жыл бұрын
This was a phenomenal video essay. Thank you! When you appeared at the end I thought "Holy fuck he's gorgeous" then when you said "I usually appear in the videos" I got very happy. Good quality essays PLUS your breathtaking face? instant sub
@ismaelismael8543
@ismaelismael8543 Жыл бұрын
What you mentioned about how money loses its value and everything is reduced to a game of power reminded me to a moment were Greg comments on how his grandfather has disinhereted him and when he mentions the sum of money he "lost" Tom and i think Roman tell him how it's not really that bad, as if he became a billionaire but with a smaller pile of money than that of his piers he would just me the "shortest giant".
@rewmnog
@rewmnog 2 жыл бұрын
Three days ago I watched this video and it convinced me to watch I'm already completely caught up and can't wait for what's next!
@justingerald
@justingerald 2 жыл бұрын
Oh you clearly made this in the last few days with those clips from season 3. Great stuff.
@beastofballston3158
@beastofballston3158 2 жыл бұрын
The existential threat (referred to as climate change) is apparent in Game of Thrones (night king), Sopranos (the FBI) (plus other A+ shows I can’t name off the top of my head). They show how those in power and power adjacent places feel 1. the biggest threat to them is losing their seat on the throne than the existential threat and 2. the hardest challenge in an interregnum is just uniting people and getting them to be facing the right way in battle.
@jesekreanne
@jesekreanne Жыл бұрын
Maid is EXCELLENT. It's so many things but it's a very sharp critique of how our society treats people, especially primary caregivers, who are trying to survive. How we have built an impossible system for people to actually use public assistance programs.
@JamieSTW
@JamieSTW 2 жыл бұрын
This show is second to none in my view. Excellent work with this video essay and your interpretation!
@lunarmagpie619
@lunarmagpie619 2 жыл бұрын
Oh man videos that cater to my specific interests….. I keep describing Succession as “if King Lear was a comedy”
@Sunshine-su7jj
@Sunshine-su7jj Жыл бұрын
Man do I have a video for you! “Why everyone says Succession is Shakespearean” kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmqm6miqsuHZ7s
@Musamecanica
@Musamecanica Жыл бұрын
isn't it just about the murdochs? if you watch the HBO doc, it's pretty close to the real story of that family.
@Void12398
@Void12398 Жыл бұрын
What's the name of the HBO doc, I've seen the BBC one but not HBO's
@purebm2201
@purebm2201 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna make an unsolicited recommendation but you should watch Black Sails (if you didn't already). I think you'd like it.
@nicholasthompson952
@nicholasthompson952 Жыл бұрын
The message you're trying to convey is summed up perfectly by the speech in The Green Knight about the colour green: LADY: But green is the color of earth, of living things, of life. GAWAIN: And of rot. LADY: Yes. Yes We deck our halls with it and dye our linens. But should it come creeping up the cobbles, we scrub it out, fast as we can. When it blooms beneath our skin, we bleed it out. And when we, together all, find that our reach has exceeded our grasp, we cut it down, we stamp it out, we spread ourselves atop it and smother it beneath our bellies, but it comes back. It does not dally, nor does it wait to plot or conspire. Pull it out by the roots one day and then next, there it is, creeping in around the edges. Whilst we’re off looking for red, in comes green. Red is the color of lust, but green is what lust leaves behind, in heart, in womb. Green is what is left when ardor fades, when passion dies, when we die, too. When you go, your footprints will fill with grass. Moss shall cover your tombstone, and as the sun rises, green shall spread over all, in all its shades and hues. This verdigris will overtake your swords and your coins and your battlements and, try as you might, all you hold dear will succumb to it. Your skin, your bones. Your virtue.
@mlg3323
@mlg3323 Жыл бұрын
In season 1, Connor jokes about water becoming a luxury
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
@05:54 You're my number one guy"- Batman 89- boss grissom/joker
@jpk10000
@jpk10000 2 жыл бұрын
And last week's episode perfectly encapsulates this idea too!
@apathy.machine
@apathy.machine 2 жыл бұрын
great video as usual
@mysoundtomultiply
@mysoundtomultiply 2 жыл бұрын
woa…lain…….
@capybararancher8638
@capybararancher8638 2 жыл бұрын
I def agree with the premise of the video, but id add that the show's audience contributes to thematic arcs youre describing. So many people myself included watch the show like vultures waiting for the Roys to get their comeuppance so we can feast on their misery. We know that these people exist in real life, we know they are a blight to the world around them and that the world would be better off without them around in the drivers seat of capitalism. The show essentially trains you to be an accelerationist waiting for Capitalism (logan) to finally collapse and we can rejoice in the house of cards tumbling down. Its a show that implicitly promises there will be no happy endings for the characters, and so you just wait and watch for it to end.
@geniusface2640
@geniusface2640 6 ай бұрын
Ooh I looove this analysis, Logan Roy's boy is the earth & his wealth is the cancer is the climate change is the climate collapse is the death. *chef's kiss*
@osamintv6135
@osamintv6135 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a follow up on this now that the season has ended? The moment Logan said something like "Guess I'm a climate denier" I thought of this video. You were right on the money
@joannejohnson7006
@joannejohnson7006 2 жыл бұрын
What a great skip intro guy! Really enjoyed it
@zacmann4741
@zacmann4741 Жыл бұрын
17:41 strikes. Aged great so far ❤
@Theotherkoby21
@Theotherkoby21 2 жыл бұрын
The latest ep Logan calls himself a climate denier. I am dead.😂
@d.sfilms7677
@d.sfilms7677 Жыл бұрын
It's not a surprise, especially due to Adam McKay's involvement, who directed Don't Look Up, which has many if the themes mentioned in this video, but more obvious. It's all summed up in this line from the film: "For a while, we really did have everything, didn't we?"
@stargirl8444
@stargirl8444 2 жыл бұрын
this video was great, your analysis was excellent. Also you should watch maid, it’s a great series
@ergohash2517
@ergohash2517 Жыл бұрын
this video made me watch the show and I will be forever grateful for it
@Huntracony
@Huntracony 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of those series which may be brilliant but I also have no interest in seeing. I already spend way too much of my time on real rich assholes, I don't need more of that in my life.
@kkpenney444
@kkpenney444 2 жыл бұрын
You've made the right decision.
@Max-ql2pv
@Max-ql2pv 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, do you have a source for the clip that starts at 12:48 ? I’m really curious what this is from and who is being talked about. I haven’t seen the show, but I still found your analysis interesting. Though not sure I could stomach this kind of show at the moment. It makes me want to find a show or movie where people overcome a big challenge / climate change without destroying their relationships or others. I can’t think of one, though. Except maybe Pacific Rim.
@Lis-oh1sq
@Lis-oh1sq 2 жыл бұрын
The clip is from Succession, I can't remember which episode. That's Ewan, Logan Roy's brother, talking about Logan himself
@Max-ql2pv
@Max-ql2pv 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lis-oh1sq Thanks! I honestly thought it might be a clip on a Reagan documentary or something 😅
@chanta95
@chanta95 2 жыл бұрын
Succession is a piece of art 🖼
@NatashaLevy
@NatashaLevy 2 жыл бұрын
holy shit I love this so much
@heretoschmooze348
@heretoschmooze348 2 жыл бұрын
This vid earned you a subscriber. Good shit- you know how to lay out a well paced and knowledgeable video essay
@yourfavoritebubbe7444
@yourfavoritebubbe7444 Жыл бұрын
Succession pulled a bait and switch on me. I went from not liking any of these characters to caring deeply about what happens to almost all of them in the blink of an eye. It is a testament to the stupendous writing on the show that they can take some deeply unlikeable people and make me root for them.
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
I'd argue its as much a reflection of what we prefer to keep hidden and how close we are along the spectrum of our favorite characters
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
Watching 4 seasons of You Had me reflecting on life love and pursuit of happiness 🌳🧢👀You understand me
@samburriss
@samburriss 2 жыл бұрын
If it is to be said. So it be. So it is.
@jhonsmith8425
@jhonsmith8425 2 жыл бұрын
"Following the political intrigue of the Roy family..." "Sounds boring, right?" Me, who started watching the show explicitly for the political intrigue: Yeah........boring.
@bdogthegreat1
@bdogthegreat1 2 жыл бұрын
It’s about how watches are bad gifts.
@nabaaeyddan7565
@nabaaeyddan7565 Жыл бұрын
At 1:07 it would be more like "I don't care for Connor".
@liamtahaney713
@liamtahaney713 2 жыл бұрын
Looks really good. I will definitely watch this
@nrpbrown
@nrpbrown 2 жыл бұрын
This made me really want to watch Succession
@nandax4936
@nandax4936 2 жыл бұрын
This was such an incredible analysis
@Marvee78
@Marvee78 2 жыл бұрын
Yes Maid is a similar kind of criticism. It's great
@cosgraham534
@cosgraham534 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis!
@jpickens189
@jpickens189 2 жыл бұрын
Excuse me if I am not terribly impressed that a show can only adequately describe a moment in human history that we have lived in for 30+ years.
@noranoxica
@noranoxica Жыл бұрын
The irony of Succession is that it's a show produced by a public company aimed at it's direct private competitor. You can't separate the macro investment from the message.
@MathGPT
@MathGPT Жыл бұрын
The Roy children started as literal carbon copies of the trump kids and evolved into so much
@youknowwhoyouare2269
@youknowwhoyouare2269 Жыл бұрын
Crude of me to say but imo Shiv= ivanka Kendall= Don jr Roman= Eric and Logan= donald rump
@KM-rt5jj
@KM-rt5jj Жыл бұрын
So interesting... wonder what living+ is in this context
@a_legitimate_salvage
@a_legitimate_salvage Жыл бұрын
Turning the worst aspects of our society into entertainment is psychological poison. Even if you are watching to hate the characters, we are constantly jumping through hoops to empathize and project morality into despicable people. This unconsciously normalizes this shit. I hate The Wolf of Wall St, House of Cards, and this show for all those same reasons. It doesn't matter than you're supposed to hate these characters. Its like watching a series about a dictator committing an active genocide.
@MatauReviews
@MatauReviews 2 жыл бұрын
maybe a revolution will come, but education is a necessity
@billycostigan1247
@billycostigan1247 2 жыл бұрын
After the last episode, I think they may have just confirmed this theory!
@RobertWebbio
@RobertWebbio 2 жыл бұрын
this is spot on
@malcolmbryant2677
@malcolmbryant2677 2 жыл бұрын
Roman is buster, I won’t budge on this
@miiiikku
@miiiikku Жыл бұрын
"Oil companies knew about global warming in 1970s and launched a massive campaign against it to preserve profits" if only that did happen.
@smileyp4535
@smileyp4535 2 жыл бұрын
Does it speak of anything about moving past capitalism?
@lydiab6063
@lydiab6063 2 жыл бұрын
Great insights. Thank you.
@shelleydwyer-murphy2281
@shelleydwyer-murphy2281 2 жыл бұрын
Well done! Thank you. 👌👍
@cavy369
@cavy369 2 жыл бұрын
brilliant essay!
@bruna8778
@bruna8778 2 жыл бұрын
YT didn't even tell me about this video so I'm watching it a week late. boooo. But also great timing because I just finished episode 4 which is very appropriate.
@BKSF1
@BKSF1 2 жыл бұрын
i was able to use my long useless plasma card to score a trial of HBO max thanks to this vid reminding me so thanks, gonna watch this now
@complicatedairflow3385
@complicatedairflow3385 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, great show 😁
@erinhiner4540
@erinhiner4540 2 жыл бұрын
Great commentary
@ExiledGypsy
@ExiledGypsy Жыл бұрын
It is about climate change but it is not about capitalism. The series is about human nature and the statistical differences in it in different individuals. As Schopenhours put it; life is about the will to exist, very different to free will. Anything alive insists to stay alive even in the most unreasonable circumstances. In fact, I would argue that this is the definition of life. Anything that insists on existing is alive. That mysterious force that keeps life going gives rise to the instict of fight of flight. That in turn will inevitably manifests itself as power struggle. And all the rest will follow. As a spiecie we are not quite social like ants or bees or even like herd animals. We are not loners either that only get together for mating and then seperate. This kind of halfway nature has evolved into this comparably weak defenceless physic that has learned the cunning ways that it needed to survive. So, we keep running away from nature but we only endup making more trouble for ourselves. We think we are smart and we are but because we don't have free will, we can't control the consequences of our actions beyond our immediate surroundings. So, unless something external doesn't cut our numbers down we keep consuming. Bacterias in a putri dish do the same thing until the are destroyed in their own filth unless they can get out of their immediate environment. Like Elun Musks rediculous dream of populating Mars. We can't get our sh*t together here with all its advantages. We fight for resources that are not even real. So, are we going to let everyone breath oxygen on Mars whe the tanks run out. They will be at each others throat for the next breath. From a distance, we look exactly the same. Earth's boundaries are like the boundaries of the bacteria in a putri dish. Either something needs to exterminate a large section of our population or we end up dying in our own waste, be it diseases or CO2. So yes it is about climate change but then everything is about climate change. I prefer to call it environment change in which case it is much clearer to see by everyone politically or economically. The Aztecs ended up making human sacrifices to continue and we will end up doing the same if for nothing but to eat each other to survive. Capitalism is a reflection of our human nature but it is only an image, not real. Communism, fascism or any other system would end up doing the same thing.
@charlienavidad
@charlienavidad 10 ай бұрын
connors first line in the pilot episode…
@SyedAbdullah529
@SyedAbdullah529 2 жыл бұрын
it do be like that
@mystriddlery
@mystriddlery Жыл бұрын
My rebuttal: No. Its clearly about the girthiness of Shivs ass. Not only the plot of the series, but the entire solar system revolves around it.
@LeoFieTv
@LeoFieTv Жыл бұрын
Hey, it's Prior Philip!
@shirleyjsanchez
@shirleyjsanchez 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!!!!
@emmanuelmondesir1314
@emmanuelmondesir1314 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty funny considering that Game of Thrones, a show very similar to this, produced by HBO is about climate change.
@lanzinator4734
@lanzinator4734 Жыл бұрын
This essay should have been titled "Capitalism is your daddy"
@zekewalker1350
@zekewalker1350 2 жыл бұрын
this is good stuff
@sculptureofsound2
@sculptureofsound2 2 жыл бұрын
Subbed 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@amazingabby25
@amazingabby25 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, and depressing, I hope it goes viral.
@verkpunk
@verkpunk 2 жыл бұрын
It's easy. Root for Logan. You'll never lose.
@eternalcowboy224
@eternalcowboy224 2 жыл бұрын
Wise words.
@geoffdparsons
@geoffdparsons 2 жыл бұрын
*climate crisis/climate collapse. you can still change the title i think it’s worth it
@geoffdparsons
@geoffdparsons 2 жыл бұрын
ugh you said climate change in the video i guess leave it. i think it’s important that we don’t allow this situation to be framed as a change. technically the sea level rising 20 feet by 2050 is a change, technically the collapse of civilization is a change, technically 1-7 billion (human) deaths is a change, technically the extinction of 95% of all life is a change, but it’s obviously more than that. nice vid other than that
@fireballninja01
@fireballninja01 2 жыл бұрын
reminds me of kidding, which is one of my favorite shows
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