Why do fans love to hate the Roys (or hate to love them) so much? There are a few theories... Succession
brings 21st century edginess and an awareness of family dysfunction to the tradition, and adjustment to the context of post-2008 disappointment with deregulation and with Wall Street in general.”
, a professor of sociology at the University of California-Davis, explains that some viewers may feel ethically superior to the show's characters despite their material advantages . Streeter agrees, supposing that some viewers may watch this show and end up thinking, “Maybe nobody should inherit anything?”
While viewers may feel some aspirational desire regarding the Roys' lifestyle , Grindstaff says that it’s their “flaws, shortcomings and wrongdoings” that give the audience “a sense of superiority or vindication.” And while characters' actions might be repugnant in real life, that the show is fiction makes it accessible and enjoyable, experts say. “Because it is a fiction, [viewers] are willing to entertain or imagine certain scenarios and events that they would avoid in real life,” says Nannicelli. For example: Kendall accidentally killed someone and covered it up in the first season, and in the latest episode of the second season, Shiv talked a sexual harassment victim out of testifying to Congress.
This is especially true of the long-suffering children of Logan Roy, who have weathered physical abuse (Roman got a
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