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Though we desire the Succession ending we want, we long for something that violently prevents us from getting it at the exact same time.
In the end, nobody gets what they want – but they do, arguably, all get what they deserve.
A new book, Unscripted, tells the incredible story of Sumner Redstone, the other model for Succession’s Logan Roy – and the epic succession journey of his daughter, Shari, now chair of ViacomCBS.
Unlike Logan, the Roy children appear to have a surface level perception of Scotland as Roman scoffs at “Scottish kicky-ball” and Kendall exclaims: “Dundee in the mother fucking house!”
Traditions shouldn’t be thrown out since they often provide a vital foundation for the family business. But they also shouldn’t be rigidly enforced.
When directors are hand-picked by CEOs, it’s a recipe for disaster.
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