I was doing a very bad Canadian accent, as it turned out. But he had to do that speech at ATM, where he calls them all pirates. What is he trying to do there from your perspective? He's trying to rally the troops. It's General Patton rallying the troops, you know. I mean, that's what he's doing. The interesting thing about the show... And that's where Jesse's a genius, because of the political context of the show. "He may pretend that he isn't, but he is"
Today, after Kara and Nayeema discuss what the Dominion defamation lawsuit might mean for Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, we turn to a fictional media story of Logan Roy and HBO’s Succession. Our guests are Brian Cox, series creator Jesse Armstrong and director Mark Mylod. SPOILER ALERT: there are lots of spoilers in this episode, starting at about 10 mins in so go watch the show first.
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You can listen to other episodes of the Succession companion podcast here.
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