‘Something is rotten in the state of Norway. That one may smile and be a villain. There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy’
-Marcellas, Hamlet, Act 1 Scene IV
Okay, replace Denmark with Norway (close enough) and you have the synopsis of Kill List, the most recent episode of HBO’s smash hit Succession.
Read More SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF NORWAYNow THAT is how you set a table. During the most recent episode of Succession, entitled Honeymoon States, the family honeymoon is over, and is replaced by a good old fashioned middle school game of dodgeball. The only differences are that this game is not played in grimy gym, but a Manhattan penthouse and that middle schoolers, the rottenest people on earth, are not nearly as rotten as the Roy family.
Read More HONEYMOON STATES‘A call like that never fully graduates to existing solely in your rear view mirror. Even with therapy, even with coping mechanisms, and even with the love and support of friends and family, I still occasionally, 20 years later, get unnerved by a seeing a friend or family member’s name pop up, at an unexpected time, on my cell phone screen.’
Read More CONNOR’S WEDDING
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