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Totally agree re: Judi's extremely hosed up but all-too-real character. She has perfectly written a character who lives entirely in her own head and fills in wayyyy too many blanks with her own insane insecurities, and she's performing the hell out of it too. I know I already posted about this in between seasons but her confession to BJ at Outback at the end of S1 is the perfect encapsulation of her character. She thinks she's telling a sad story about how tragic and intriguing her love life has been, but she's actually illustrating a series of incidents where she is absolutely, 1000% caustic and in the wrong but just does not realize it, at ALL. I need more of these insane yet believable characters in my TV. It's so satisfying to see these fresh new brands of immaturity explored in more detail Read After Burning posted:This weird poo poo reminds me of this show so much. 
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Mordja posted:I was legit shocked that BJ's sister wasn't named HJ. I meant to watch that years ago and completely forgot about it, but thank you for the suggestion! I just added that to my HBO Max watch list.
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Doronin posted:I meant to watch that years ago and completely forgot about it, but thank you for the suggestion! I just added that to my HBO Max watch list. If you love Goggins, you are in for an absolute treat. Same for McBride. "So what?! I happen to LIKE lip syncing and eating nachos."
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Jan 25, 2022 19:30
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Unlike Vice Principals, Edi writes the show this time around, she gives herself these hard to do scenes and nails them.
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Jan 25, 2022 19:39
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There's not a single dog in the entire south that hasn't heard "go on now", often as one two-syllable word
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The only thing I could think of during the baptism scene was how when I lived in Waco one of the big popular churches was doing a baptism and when the preacher grabbed the mic while standing in the pool it shorted out and electrocuted him to death in front of the entire congregation. It was also homecoming weekend at Baylor so there were twice as many in attendance as normal. That would be perfect for a Righteous Gemstones scene.
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I had an ex-girlfriend that was a lot like Judy. Super “religious”. Super manipulative and abusive. The total package. The first two months were fine, but once the crazy revved up it didn’t stop until I broke up with her towards the end of the third month. She threw a lamp at me and woke up her kids to try and make me explain why I was breaking her heart in front of them. Then she showed up to my work a few times. Never dated another “religious” woman again.
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....is grown up Harmon going to be Steve Little
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aperfectcirclefan posted:....is grown up Harmon going to be Steve Little I hope so
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i think a lot of people are planning on Harmon being that little turd from home alone
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i really want him to be steve little
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:i really want him to be steve little Me too
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loving the costume work, just a stellar job https://i.imgur.com/1CJXMxc.gifv
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Misbehavin' to continue as show renewed.
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MizuZero posted:I love how this show and Succession are two sides of the same coin. Both regularly portray absolute opulence, but where the Roys have a modicum of taste the Gemstones are absolutely trashy with their wealth, with the decor at BJ’s adult baptism being a great example I'm not sure if this baptism party (which tbh had huge bar mitzvah vibes) is really any worse than Kendall's 40th birthday. It is very weird how HBO has both of these shows at the same time. And that McBride has never watched Succession.
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I've never watched Succession, isnt it like a family drama?
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aperfectcirclefan posted:I've never watched Succession, isnt it like a family drama? It’s about a family that runs a right wing media empire worth billions of dollars. Both shows have a seemingly frail old patriarch, two failsons vying for attention from him, and a daughter who always gets shafted and marries a man who everyone is mean to. It’s a drama that is also one of the funniest shows on TV, while Gemstones is a comedy with dramatic storylines. Jesse loving up an investment deal with other horrible rich people is straight out of Succession.
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Succession was created by Jesse Armstrong, who has been tending towards drama-comedy for a while now. you may best know his work with his writing partner Sam Bain, they are co-creators of Peep Show and co-writers on Four Lions among other caustic dark comedies. there's always been a fascination in his work with bad, hasty scheming falling apart hilariously https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfUFzoMpjzA
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I thought Adam McKay created Succession
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Henchman of Santa posted:It’s a drama that is also one of the funniest shows on TV, I wouldn't go that far, especially when you're selling the show to someone who hasn't seen it. There are a few actual jokes here and there, but the tone is more dramatic and serious, and the humor is just kind of a background effect -- the way these ultra rich people live, how they think, how they treat the world around them. Kinda like a family of Lucille Bluths and Busters, but much more realistic characters.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:I thought Adam McKay created Succession He’s just an executive producer.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:I thought Adam McKay created Succession he and will ferrel are executive producers (read: influential hollywood guys who opened doors and put their time and money on the line to get this thing made) jesse armstrong is the creator and head writer, he's been moving more from comedy-drama to drama-comedy over time. he's been trying to get a rupert murdoch biopic made for a while now and i'm sure a lot of that shows up in Succession
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Phenotype posted:I wouldn't go that far, especially when you're selling the show to someone who hasn't seen it. There are a few actual jokes here and there, but the tone is more dramatic and serious, and the humor is just kind of a background effect -- the way these ultra rich people live, how they think, how they treat the world around them. Kinda like a family of Lucille Bluths and Busters, but much more realistic characters. If there is anything this hell world has taught me it's that Lucille Bluth is incredibly realistic.
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Mob posted:There's not a single dog in the entire south that hasn't heard "go on now", often as one two-syllable word It’s the most southern thing. Completely unfakable.
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Phenotype posted:I wouldn't go that far, especially when you're selling the show to someone who hasn't seen it. There are a few actual jokes here and there, but the tone is more dramatic and serious, and the humor is just kind of a background effect -- the way these ultra rich people live, how they think, how they treat the world around them. Kinda like a family of Lucille Bluths and Busters, but much more realistic characters. I agree with this, but goddamn is there some ridiculous poo poo in Succession (in a good way). Roman's picture, for example. I laughed out loud when Logan's phone buzzed. Man, what a perfect moment. Also, literally every scene with Greg, and most with Tom.
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gemstones is a much better show than succession imo
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:gemstones is a much better show than succession imo It really is. Gemstones is not my favorite Hill/McBride/Green show, but it absolutely their most well made show in every way.
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:gemstones is a much better show than succession imo I love them both, but I find them far too different to compare 
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ok mcbride/hill/dgg smokey and the bandit dumb fan casting mcbride as the bandit and goggins as snowman, obviously then I'm thinking Edi Patterson as a gender flipped Junior, who's meek submissiveness takes on a whole new weird deranged bent with her playing it then a Goodman-esque prestige actor for Buford T Justice himself. steve little as Little Enos Burdette, not sure who would be Big Enos Frog would probably be a new pull, but right now give me Cassidy freeman as the Frog or equivalent love interest, because she's smoking hot and her and Mcbride do have kind of cute chemistry. the love interest/romance has to have an earnest emotional core in season 2 they do the elephant and instead of introducing the dom deluise character its little enos who gets stuck in the trailer for the trip, because Steve little getting molested and generally humiliated by an elephant is too fun of an opportunity to pass up also the YouTube algorithm directed me to a random mcbride interview on I think Kevin hart's podcast where he mentioned in passing that he's currently working on a movie with Gareth Edwards, which is very loving exciting for me as somebody who likes everything that dude's done
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I love them both, but I find them far too different to compare Yeah, same here. Despite an elevator pitch sounding amazingly similar they couldn’t be any more different in terms of tone and presentation. They’re both amazing though.
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The delivery on the line " but it wasn't a turd, it was me!" Was amazing.
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I tried watching succession and then the first episode a guy gets completely verbally destroyed by his dad. Not in a funny way where he’s been a dipshit all season. It’s definitely more dramatic where they do funny things (like someone puking through the eyeballs of a Mickey Mouse costume) Than “the funniest show on television“, which is the saved by the bell reboot.
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Yeah, it was not funny AT ALL the first couple episodes but by the 4th the walls start cracking and the humour is leaking in. I am still in S1 and very early but it has potential. It's why I couldn't get into Yellowstone which people are gushing over - I think that is a straight up drama and I do not care about a bunch of billionaires getting land rights against indigenous people who should just kill Kevin Costner. At least Succession has some comedy.
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I'm just saying it would not be out of character for a Gemstone to accidentally send a dick pic to Eli in the middle of a meeting.
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Being a production designer for this show must be a shitload of fun    
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hahahahaha the photoshopped eyes
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Jose Oquendo posted:
There's something very Tim and Eric about parts of this show, and I like it very much.
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Read After Burning posted:If you love Goggins, you are in for an absolute treat. Same for McBride. I watched the first two eps last night, and holy poo poo. I am probably going to tear through Vice Principals in no time. Mandrel posted:ok mcbride/hill/dgg smokey and the bandit dumb fan casting I'd absolutely watch this cast recreate the entire Burt Reynolds catalog of movies in that era. White Lightning, Gator, Hooper (although Hot Rod wasn't terribly far off from Hooper)... so much to choose from. Not sure about Deliverance, but I'd probably watch that too in spite of how wildly problematic it would be. As for Big Enos, I think you'd have to go John Goodman there. All he'd have to do is reprise one of his Cohen Brother roles (Big Dan Teague, especially) and nail it. For Buford T. Justice, I think you'd have to get someone to do a different spin on that totally because Gleason made that role so iconic. Doronin fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jan 26, 2022 |
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