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as Logan Roy
as Connor Roy
as Kendall Roy
as Roman Roy
as Siobhan "Shiv" Roy
as Greg
as Tom
as Marcia
as Lawrence
as Frank
as Rava Roy
as Alessandro
as Gil Eavis
as Stewy
as Ewan
as Caroline
as Nate
as Gerri Kellman
as Sandy
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All eyes are on Strong's haunted Kendall Roy, who looks at any moment as if he's going to go full Michael Corleone.
As a fan of those shows - and virtually everything else Armstrong has worked on - I wanted to love this one too. But I couldn't, not quite.
Jesse Armstrong's speciality is writing stingers and elaborately vile speeches for his characters to deliver. This is simply showboating - not dialogue that can be convincingly responded to by the other characters. And they all speak this way.
At least 80 percent of Succession can be watched in the spirit of Veep, which is to say, as a sharp and filthy satirical comedy.
"Succession" is elevated by Cox's turn. He looks like late director Robert Altman in the role, and he brings a little bit of Shakespearean weight as he patriarchs the hell out of his family.
When it comes to a group of impossibly rich and grossly ambitious people all trying to undermine each other, comedy is easy to find. But Succession is a better and sharper series when it finds a relatable kind of sadness in its characters...
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