Drama’s King
A conversation with the creator of HBO’s Succession.
The Speakers
Highlights
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Jesse Armstrong: How has Succession mirrored, transmuted and predicted real life?
1 minute
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Jesse Armstrong: Both Redstone and Murdoch have joked they wanted to live forever
1 minute
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Jesse Armstrong: "There’s an abundance of stuff in the public realm and that’s what we tune into. We’re just paying attention"
1 minute
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Jesse Armstrong: "We (the writers) are on the same side as the characters, and we’re able to put our fingers in their wounds"
2 minutes
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