I just watched four episodes, so let's record it first.
The family in the story is New York media mogul Roy. The screenwriter specifically came out to clarify that the play is not insinuating Murdoch.
In fact, it is not impossible to set it to other industries, such as steel giants, oil tycoons, etc. There were rumors of a succession battle in the Trump family a while ago. The two sides of the war were Ivanka and Trump Jr. mother's siblings. I have been substituting in this "Battle of Succession".
Regardless of the industry, screenwriters have to come out and clarify. Because there is always someone coming in. I see Roy's industry, more like Disney, with movies, books, newspapers, as well as parks, cruises and other businesses.
The reason for choosing the media industry is probably because traditional industries such as printing, publishing, and television are most influenced by the Internet and emerging media. There are many conflicts between old and new views in this industry, and there are many dramatizations that can be set as contradictions. For example, in the first episode, the second son Kendall, the first heir to the Roy family, buys a digital media company.
The first episode of Celebration , for the old man Logan Roy, is to celebrate his 80th birthday; for the second son Kendall, it is to celebrate the old man's retirement and his smooth ascending. However, the old man changed his mind and wanted to stay in power. "Once you have tasted power, you will never give up." This line has appeared at least twice in the first four episodes. The episode ends with Logan having a sudden brain hemorrhage.
In the second episode of Shit Show at the Fuck Factory , the main scenes are in the hospital. Several children are making small calculations for the CEO and COO. Except for Kendall, it seems that no one is thinking about the future of the family industry. Every time they object, most of them have no logical and rational thinking, just to raise the bar. Characters appear one after another: Connor, the eldest son, who is half-mother with several other children, runs his own farm and seems to be indifferent to the world; the youngest son Roman has no understanding of the family business and acts casually, but he also wants to get involved. First-hand; daughter Shihbon, or Shiv for short, works in politics. The poor relatives Greg and Shiv's fiancé Tom on the fringe contrasted with class differences and people's yearning and pursuit of money in many ways. It is worth mentioning that Tom's actor Matthew Madfadyen is Mr. Darcy in the 2005 version of "Pride and Prejudice". He is a male god. This time he played the role of the villain who climbs the dragon and the phoenix.
In the third episode of Lifeboats , the power struggle ends with Kendall as CEO and Roman as COO. However, the first news they learned when they took office was that the family's company had a total of more than 3 billion debts. Once the company's shares fell below $130, they had to start paying down debt. Meanwhile, stepmother Marcia prevents the children from seeing Logan. Kendall tried to maintain the company's shares through private equity, but Logan destroyed his self-confidence with just one sentence, You're an idiot. The father-son relationship didn't seem to be harmonious from beginning to end.
The fourth episode of Sad Sack Wasp Trap , at the beginning of the first episode, Logan urinated in the living room of his new residence because he couldn't find a bathroom. This episode is pure malice, and he takes a dip in Kendall's office. Sometimes the badness of the elderly is really completely disregarding and unscrupulous. Connor hosted the family's charity fundraiser. Originally, Kendall's speech was robbed by the old man. Kendall wanted to announce Logan's retirement unexpectedly, but Logan took the lead instead: he wanted to return to the throne completely.
In fact, Logan is already in the twilight years, and he used up all his strength after barely getting on the stage to speak. Private equity's Stewy said in the audience that if Logan fell and the stock price plummeted, he would lose at least one house.
The prospective son-in-law Tom took over the park and cruise business, and also discovered many secrets that were not known to the public. Just like the family playing baseball in the first episode, Roman tells the poor kid that he will give him a million if he hits a home run. Immediately afterwards, the family paid for the confidentiality of the matter. I spent money to buy temporary peace, but the bombs are still there, and any one that explodes is a scandal.
External aggression continued, and internal disturbances continued.
In fact, the ancestor of Zhaidou is Shakespeare's "King Lear", which has been remade many times by the film history, the most famous is Kurosawa's "Ran".
The play also has elements of "King Lear".
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