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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3274308, member: 833"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-hbo-succession-power_n_5d7bf3cbe4b00d6905986e4d[/URL] This is a ridiculous column trying to make Shiv's character into a feminist role model that completely misses the point of the show. There are no heroes in this show, just different levels of villain. Shiv chews up men and spits them out, subjecting her own husband to repeated humiliation from her and her father's and brothers' verbal abuse, yet she has no pride at all when it comes to her father. Nan Pierce is not a hero and Rhea Jarrell is not a hero and Geri is certainly not a hero. These are damaged, completely scalitoed up people that use each other and the men around them, and would discard anyone in a heartbeat the minute that person became useless to them economically. The writing is amazing because it is really hard to make a show compelling when there is no protagonist. I can't think of another show like this. Even a dramedy like Shameless, with a lead character as awful as Frank, still has a few moral centers like Fiona or Lip to keep the show grounded. Other than maybe Greg, I hate all the characters on Succession, yet still love the show. [/QUOTE]