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Credit HBO Succession has told its updated version of King Lear, shown every wrinkle and variant of its themes, explored every avenue the characters could take, and said what it wants to say with its Shakespearean ending That's the point of endings They put the final nail in the coffin They are the final summation, the[...]

What creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong has done is translate the themes of Shakespeare's dramas about kings and kingdoms into a relatable modern-day context. "Succession" still, Image: HBO Screencap Succession Started Out as a Modern King Lear When the pilot of Succession began with a bewildered Logan Roy (Brian Cox) forgetting where he was and peeing in a[...]

Station Eleven is an interesting, lyrical book about human relationships and connections and love in a post-apocalyptic world, albeit with a thin plot.