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Binnie Klein's avatar

For some wild reason I first read the phrase as "Shiv = Boi" and I thought wow; that's brilliant. My mind, in its disordered phase, expected a piece about Shiv as the "Boy-King" or a piece about her androgyny. But of course it's Logan!!! And it's helpful in understanding a family like this to think about historical figures that really existed and have taken up residence in our collective unconscious. While reading this piece and glancing at the clips, I had a much fuller appreciation of the actress' subtle physical movements and body language. The folded arms! The walk! And then the hummingbird-fast flickers of emotion on her face before she restores herself to armored mode. I have felt so protective of Shiv because of the awful sexism, but I've now come to see that she isn't really....um.....the best...at this business....I'm choosing a new exterior color for my house and I'm drawn to deep, charcoal gray....that's the Logan mood - nothing's black and white...just gray, gray, to a deeper gray....

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KW NORTON's avatar

Thanks. Succession reminds of the old Shakespearean kings for certain. Others tie it in also too toxic narcissism and other psychopathologies. Find it interesting the name "Shiva" association with the informal Native American roots of the word - meaning knife or razor. Then there is always

shiva to take into account?

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