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’Succession’ and the Meaning of Success
The hit HBO series Succession, currently in its final season, is deceptively complex. On the surface, it’s about members of a wealthy family vying for control of their father’s media empire. But while most similar shows would either glorify or revile wealth and power, Succession deals in shades of grey that are truer to life and closer to home than many of us would care to admit, forcing us to grapple with our own relationship to things like money, power, legacy, and family. Is family our highest value? Should it be? What can and can’t money buy? What ultimately lasts, and what should we…
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