Ok, like the show Sucession, but I find myself surprised by the kinds of people who watch it and how much they love it.

It sorta just seems like a smarmy sophisticated show at times, but it feels like people who don’t typically like that kind of stuff, love it. Makes me feel I’m missing something. Anyone else?

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A lot of people like things because other people like things. Just look at all the people who think liking The Office constitutes a personality.

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Yeah, but I’ve found that people who like Sucession (that surprise me) are not the kind of people who like things just because other people like them.

It’s a higher-brow modern day game of thrones

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Interesting thought. I’d posit that GoT wasn’t written as well. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the show but it relied on old tropes, spectacle, violence, and well, nudity, to get you though. But maybe that’s what you mean by higher-brow.

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I so wish this show had been written by Aaron Sorkin, Michael Lewis, Matthew Weiner or a writer of that caliber that would have actually done some research into how family businesses, boards and trusts work. I’m a big fan of financial scandal and white crime and Succession is just dumb. It’s just a soap opera set in offices and cool apartments which is sad because I feel like this show could have been great but instead everything is dumbed down to the lowest common denominator which I guess attracts a wider audience?

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Oh you mean like how Aaron Sorkin wrote a show that was faithfully accurate into the inner workings of government?

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