Don’t thin the piece is that negative at all, but I suspect Strong thought it was, and let his friends know to push back.
Can you at all out into words what it is you like about spending time with them? I keep wondering if I am just looking at it the wrong way. I just detest the people, and am not charmed by the snappy dialogue- and particularly do not find Roman funny or endearing. On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 at 8:35 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > I'm not entirely sure that this is the worst profile in the world. Is > Jeremy Strong a "Method" actor - so it seems. But then so are people like > Daniel Day Lewis and Al Pacino - both heavily referenced in the piece. If I > were an actor, would I find him difficult to work with? Undoubtedly. But, > you know, actors... > > I suspect that from Strong's perspective, and Aaron Sorkin's, it's really > about whether he conveys a "difficult to work with" vibe that prevents him > from getting things. I suspect that won't be the case, and he'll be in > plenty of projects with awards considerations in the future. > > As for this season of Succession? I've got to say that I thought it was a > triumph. I don't think that there's better writing anywhere in television, > and the performances - even the outlandish ones from the likes of Kieren > Culkin (Roman) and Nicholas Braun (cousin Greg) - are actually quite > nuanced. The family feels very real, with the entitled kids falling over > one another to backstab each other at various points. The story is very > contemporary, and while there are odd episodes that veer close to farce > (the AGM episode or the 40th birthday party), there's a direction that > feels right all the way through. The characters are now so well embedded in > our minds that we know if they're behaving as we would expect them to: > Kendall spiraling out of control through his addictions; Roman's > self-destructive elements that appear every time he does something "right"; > Connor's utter lack of any kind of self-realisation; Shiv's failure to > truly understand her father and her indifference to her unloved husband - > that has viciously come back to bite her. > > These are all truly awful people, yet I love spending time with them. I > have to return to the writing again and again - Lady Caroline directly > using a line that the entitled former British MP Alan Clarke once > introduced us to in his diaries when he spoke of a colleague who had made > his money more recently as having had to "buy his own furniture." In other > words, he was 'new money,' and 'old money' looks down on 'new money.' > > It's easily my favourite TV series of 2021. > > > Adam > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:13 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Meanwhile, Brian Cox is on the record (well, on Late Night with Seth, H/T >> THR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCuQ5btB8wc), about his concerns >> that Strong may suffer for all his method acting. >> >> David >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 07:40:51 AM PST, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Meanwhile, while I am a huge fan of Adam McKay’s semi serious films, I am >> not really on board with Succession. The last two episodes of season 3 were >> mildly entertaining, but the series overall to me is only slightly above >> average. It reads like an SNL “Satire” sketch which simply has an actor in >> make up and repeat almost verbatim some of the more absurd things a real >> public figure (Chris Cuomo, Brett Kavanaugh, Sean Spicer, etc). It can be >> entertaining (I really liked Matt Damon) but it is hardly deep or cutting >> satire. >> >> The people in Succession are so horrible that I find it difficult to care >> even a little about what happens to any of them. >> >> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 at 6:45 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Lots of social snotting over it, leading the "Succession" costar's buds >> to defend him. >> >> >> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/on-succession-jeremy-strong-doesnt-get-the-joke >> (link) >> https://twitter.com/i/events/1470428742698762247 (link) >> >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/804649048.1062018.1639498409888%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/804649048.1062018.1639498409888%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBtvcpYbAvQb6Qpd2hZx6FuGM%3DBDtW_aCmGvUZJfQd11w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBtvcpYbAvQb6Qpd2hZx6FuGM%3DBDtW_aCmGvUZJfQd11w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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