Succession: the success of evil

Watching

(

) is like touching a sore with the tongue: uncomfortable, but satisfying.

The fashion series consecrated by the Emmy 2020 - seven awards, including the best drama series - is a

shared among its protagonists without exception.

They are all hateful.

But they hook.

And not because they hide benevolent layers hidden deep within their beings.

They are irritating;

very unpleasant, terribly unbearable;

bad without nuances ... and that is precisely why they are

.

The setting for

is the relentless fight between the heirs of a media mogul for control of his empire.

are the weapons in this shameless battle between the contenders,

.

Here there is not a long-suffering family man who goes down to hell when the disease twists his life, nor a mobster with a conscience who goes to the psychologist.

In this fiction many things happen that seem to be a lie, but many others are as credible as reality itself.

Since its premiere, Logan Roy and his family have often been compared to the story of

, the Australian businessman who owns a media empire that includes Fox News,

or

among other media, and one of the most influential men in the world.

The similarities between the Murdochs and the Roys seem obvious: from the central figure of an all-powerful media mogul to the struggle of sons to control their father's empire.

As the documentary

(BBC)

recounts

,

and her brothers

and

starred in a dispute over leadership in family businesses in the 90s.

The very trigger of the

plot

is a health shock that puts the patriarch's life in check, a license in which some have seen a reflection of the accident that Rupert Murdoch suffered on a boat when he was 86 years old.

The political influence that has always been attributed to Rupert Murdoch is also part of the patriarch Logan Roy who plays Brian Cox.

Despite the similarities,

creator

Jesse Armstrong has denied that his work is inspired by any specific family.

,

said in an interview with Variety, in which he added that there are "many rich stories about succession, the media and high politics," including that of Rupert Murdoch or

,

and even Queen

.

When HBO released

in 2018 the novelty went somewhat unnoticed.

At that moment, the serial attention had its gaze delivered to the final stretch of

.

But soon, the series managed to arouse interest and enter the circuits of recommendations in the coffee machines of the offices.

In fact, its second season reached the 2020 Emmy Awards as a clear favorite, after winning

the award for best television drama

in the last edition of the

.

And the pools were fulfilled: the jackpot for the best drama series, in addition to the recognition of

as the best main actor in a drama - a category in which his co-star Bryan Cox was also nominated - and

as the best guest actress;

in addition to the awards for best screenplay (for Jesse Armstrong himself) and best direction (

).

The series that this year has occupied the privileged position of the Emmy that left last year

(also from HBO) is

.

Family intrigues will continue.

And we will continue to touch the sore with our tongues.

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