i had a nyquil dream where i saw all of the new season of succession. in episode 2, they discover that a prestige television channel is developing a tv show about a wealthy media family. at first the roy family members scoff at this, but because they are all sick narcissist sociopaths they become more and more intrigued and each has their own plan for scoping out the new tv show, trying to get access to the writers, cast, or directors to influence them... a "synecodeche new york" style meta narrative emerges of doubles and sets, leading you to question what's real and what's fiction. as the season continues you realize that you yourself as a viewer are complicit in this spectacle, and they break the 4th wall more and more, sometimes addressing you directly by name. by the end of the show you yourself are a character and they are interrogating you, sometimes as characters, sometimes as themselves, asking if you understand your own complicity in the "bread and circus" show. at first you allowed yourself a healthy remove, it's all satirical, isn't it funny, but then you realize, no, they're right, we are all so complicit, the capital builds up and up and i'm a passive participant. the last shot includes a subliminal code through which we all instantly memorize the addresses of those who horde power and are encouraged to revolt.
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