[1:12:37] My mom told me the one of the most embarrassed she has ever been was when she up to her professor, noticed _Faust_ was on his desk and said, “Are you reading that? I just love Gow-thee.” When he finally figured out what she meant he just said, “Oh, you mean Goethe?” She told me she had only ever seen it written down, and wanted to sink into the floor. Lmao
One of the weirdest parts about Byron is that he's the father of Ada Lovelace, who is his only child not born out of wedlock, and she wrote the first "computer program" more of less. That family is wild
@@raekarkoc928 yes and was very fond of her husband Percy, to the point that when Percy died Byron sobbed relentlessly, tried to throw himself into the grave and stole Percy's skull or tried to I can't remember
“How to draw outlandish conclusions based on tangentially related media in order to prove a half-baked point about the moral compass of a white man” has become my preferred pastime, so thanks for indulging me 😂🙏🏾.
You ever see a 2.5 hr video essay drop and your eyes grow a little wide like a kid being prestent with an ice cream sunday and you just go "oh FUCK" yeah
The way I read Roman is that he wanted to sell out. When he suggest to Kendall that they do he is mumbling and avoiding eye contact, but suggesting quite clearly that perhaps the best thing is to just get out. Soon after Kendall has pushed/convinced him that they should try to keep control Roman goes all in on fascism and racism to a much greater degree than what we have seen so far in the show. I read this as Roman wanting this all to end, when selling isn't an option then his death drive takes over and he begins seeking annihilation instead. If he can't be free, then at least he can seek self-destruction.
Nearly fell from my chair when you compared yourself to Cj The X. No need to pit two of my favorite feral art goblins. Y'all are incredible in the videos you both put out.
@@Misa.misato as much as i love the standard video essay analysis about *insert niche here*, biz and cj make me drop everything for an immediate watch because of their,,, feral flavor (respectfully, tenderly, lovingly)
my brain is currently short circuited by Good Omens s2, so when you said "Aziraphale", I literally screamed. I hope you love this season, there's so much to analyse in it!
GOD the parellel between oedipus & faust blinding themselves and the last episode of succession being titled with open eyes… this video made me appreciate succession on a whole another level and when i eventually binge the series again it will be with a new lense thanks to you!! may be the best video about succession
RIGHT I forgot what the episode was titled until I went to pull the clips for this episode i so wish I’d made that connection earlier but it’s soooo good that show is sooo good and I’m stoked you liked the video!
Every time I see your actual numbers I get confused, because how could this person have less than 100k subscribers?? With content like this?? Baffling. Fantastic work as always, and that ending song was one of my favorites. Looking forward to the next one :)
i loved the stuff you had about oedipus and electra because it always bothered me how most people think of the oedipus complex as someone wanting those things instead of the story actually being about someone who was actively against it,, to me, it’s about how if someone can be blamed for doing something wrong without knowing it’s wrong
yes I love this! there was an angle I found in some of my research that suggested Oedipus also being about how if we can forgive Oedipus for crimes he didn't know he was committing and wasn't responsible for, then we can also forgive ourselves for moral transgression we didn't know we were committing which I thought was fun as well.
It occurred to me that in the modern tragedy ( and often in life) self-blinding after being exposed to the reality of a situation, is less often self imposed punishment but instead failure to take responsibility. The one who has had their eye's opened often proceeds to put blinders on.
OOOOH THAT IS AN INTERESTING TAKE WOW. Cause after all oedipus got to take advantage of his daughter caring for/guiding him after he was blind, but he never had to witness what she was/what he’d done to her. That is definitely something to chew on!
I appreciate you making it very clear the difference between my faith’s texts and the very Doo doo interpretation of post Nicean Creed Christianity. Most Jews have never believed in the Devil and most (but not quite as many) of us including me don’t believe in Hell or Heaven. We really don’t focus much on an afterlife, it’s mostly about what we do on Earth
Biz, thank you for this. Your video on GnD and Midnight Mass is my favorite video essay ever. I watch it at least once weekly. I'm going through a break up and seeing you drop this made me the happiest I've been in weeks. As a fellow lapsed catholic your deep dives in Christianity theology and mass media scratch that itch in brain like nothing else. Thank you. Please keep doing these for as long as they bring you joy ❤
if you ever talk about cannibalism in media i think i'd cry tears of joy. youre so engaging and such a pleasure to listen to. i rarely ever finish long form videos without skipping but i always sit and enjoy your videos!
“Peaking in high school is bad but peaking in high school as a theatre kid.” First good job describing something I have lacked the words for up until now. For you edification I wasn’t even a theatre kid I was a stage hand doing the lights. Still feels like I peaked tho.
i was more prepared for this video than for my actual college lectures. fuck sixty pages of readings but I DID watch every take on succession on youtube prior to this
Best video essayist on RUclips 100% serious, no exaggeration, no hyperbole. Is there someone on this platform with better scholarly insights? I'm sure there is. Is there someone with better visuals or editing? For sure. But overall is there somebody here as nice to listen to and enjoyable? Not for me at least. The school system failed me and I didn't know semiology or Emile Durkheim even existed until I watched a video essay about the Snape wives. So thank you Biz, for the nice times and knowledge. Love you and keep on the GREAT work
the school system failed everyone you are absolutely not alone in that. the standardized punitive approach to early education (at least in the US) is one thing but particularly when it comes to this “higher” education thing we have going on where we lock away books and knowledge behind hundreds of thousands of dollar tuitions, then scam 18 year olds into getting into debt for their rest of their life by telling them that’s the only option they have. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ANYONE CAN LEARN ANYTHING AT ANY TIME. (soz about the novel lol I just have very strong feelings about this topic and appreciate your comment so much thank you
@@upinurbiz first of all thank you for responding :). I live and study in Italy so higher education (even private) is not as cost prohibitive, at least in theory. As I've experienced first hand the professors teaching the courses mandatory for your degree at the cheap, state funded university the next town over can be absolute idiots (readying brief descriptions from a slide show instead of actually giving a medieval art history lecture, talking about Matera for 90 minutes instead of archival practices) it's kind of a gamble and you can easily end up not learning anything about the main subject of your degree. Is this to say there a no good teachers in a public higher education system? no. But there is a level of classism because if you want to make sure you're going to have great teachers across the board you have to move to another city, probably a big expensive one. (For americans who move across the U.S for college this may seem menial but here you either have money for a 600/700€ a month room, which is a lot for most families, or have extremely high grades and low income to get student housing) That's not to say we have it bad because when I told an American exchang student I payed maybe 400€ for the entire year she started crying. I would have probably not attended college if this costed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sorry for the lengthy response but yeah, American college especially is a really crazy scam, I wholeheartedly agree. Ps. Durkheim in particular came to mind because my former philosophy professor was a madman obsessed with Tommaso d'Aquino and Christian philosophy (we barely breached the 20th century) and when I visited my forme lit prof. and we got chatting about our recent reads I brought up Durkheim and she literally told me "we had a lot of fun studying him, didn't we?" Never happened, straight up lying to my face, pure gaslighting.
Oh fuck yeah! Thomas van nortwick was my professor in undergrad! Man’s a fucking genius absolute expert on Greek tragedies. He also wrote some brilliant stuff on oedipus and specifically on the third play oedipus at colonus, would recommend. Love hearing a TVN quote in a video essay.
biz, this went SO hard. thank you for this (actually quite coherent, and very very thought provoking and inspiring) ride. i cannot wait to dive into the sources you used for this, and keep thinking about all these threads of thought that you weaved together into a tapestry with very enticing little holes full of potential for more ideas and connections.
This video isn't just a brilliant analysis of succession and all the literary works and stories, it is a straight up master class in making video essays themselves.
After buzzing through a few videos of this channel for the first time ever... all i can ask is "Where the fuck have you been all my life?" This level of intellectual breakdown with an overabundance of dramatic sass and wine-mom energy deserves 50 times as many subs as you have. 🔥
I love the energy and presentation of your videos. I can watch them multiple times and get something different out of them every time. The only issue I have is that the volume is always incredibly low so I have to turn my speakers up loud enough that they are buzzing.
I HEAR YOU & I SEE YOU I am working on it idk why that keeps happening but you’re not alone hopefully RUclips will add a gain feature to the editor one day (in the meantime I’m trying to find a good export volume lol)
This is a return to form for the RUclips video essay. There is critical analysis mixed in with edutainment but a deep ability to mix academic training with broad appeal. There’s also a touch of magic in the “huh? What AM I talking about?” That loops back into the point. Very fun!
This video might actually get me to watch Succession, thank you for all your amazing work. My brain isn't working very well right now but I'm a big fan of your videos and it really made my day to watch this one.
Succession is the second greatest television show ever made. It was a masterpiece. And this video is everything!! This is the first video I found of yours and I’m obsessed. There is only one show I think tops succession and that’s the German Netflix series Dark. It’s an absolute masterpiece. The themes are just as complex as the mystery. And I would die to hear you break it all down. It questions the meaning of faith and family, blood and time. It takes into questions about fate, destiny and choices. Can you change your destiny? Can you be truly free from the clutches of time? Can you change your future? Are we really ever free of time? It’s a who done it, time travel mystery. It’s dark, haunting and brilliant.
Getting a Biz Barclay notification always has my ADHD tying me to a chair and saying "you will focus on this and nothing else for the next X hours" and I wouldn't change that for the world
i usually come to these videos without having knowledge of the title topic (succession in this case) cause i know its mostly going to be a special interest rabbit hole that touches on the title topic occasionally (which i live for dont get me wrong it takes off the pressure of knowing everything about the media piece hehe)
i haven't finished watching succession yet and i haven't really been in the mood to watch it recently. however, the promise of an entire biz barclay vid as soon as i finish is motivating me to watch it right the fuck now!! excited to watch this in one sitting in 1-2 business weeks
@@upinurbiz okay i have returned and watched this in one sitting as promised, and it was so fucking good!! probably the best reason anyone has ever had to binge watch a show
I just wanted to say thank you very much for making your long form, tangential, thought provoking, hilarious, philosophical videos. I greatly enjoy them, whether I've seen the source material or not.
seeing this video and its timestamp in my subscriptions today was a true blessing and im so happy with this comparison of faust and succession !!!! its so real! ANyway im only 23 mins in atm soo excited to finish this
AHHHHHH NEW BIZ!!!! Seeing this video at midnight, and it looks like my plans for sleep have been replaced with 2 and a half hours of arguably hinged media analysis.
I just need you to know, this is the only video essay I have done research *to watch*. I heard you at the beginning and I went and watched a few other video essays to get an idea of what Succession was, and then immediately came back to watch this. Excellent video btw; I actually understand Faustian bargains now, thanks!
i started watching this when it was first uploaded, realized i didn't know what was going on, and watched all 4 seasons of succession to be able to watch this video essay. thank you biz for changing my life 🙏🙏
You know, this crossroads idea your putting forward is in my opinion very in line with biblical narratives also. I have heard Dr Tim Mackie make the point that If you look at the original Hebrew and sometimes the Greek Septuagint, choosing to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree is equated to gaining the knowledge of right and wrong so that you can choose to "do what is right in your own eyes" (this phrase is very popular in the original text from the research I have done so far) but this lines up with the characters choosing at their own crossroads what is right for them but only based on what they know in that current moment, and in the end shooting themselves in the foot or maybe even the head.
about nine months late and with zero starbucks but i wanted to say your ability to combine (so-called) high and low culture and your empathy and thoughtfulness is inspiring as fuck and makes for the perfect way to teach my not into philosophy partner why i love philosophy beyond my rants about old greek dudes, so for a million reasons thank you / i love your work
🤓☝️tragedy comes from a greek word "tragos" which means goat and oat which means song. The reason is because of the Satyrs, half men half goats, the followers of Dionysus. Every tetralogy contained a satyr play, about which we know almost nothing, except that it featured men dressed as satyrs.
The fact that this video has so little attention, even though it is, arguably, your best video, is a crime. Have I watched a single episode of succession? No, never, not even a single second of it. But this is my second time watching this video because I cannot stop thinking about it every time you make another video.
I haven't watched Succession-and probably never will-but your video essays are SO good that I couldn't help but watch this one all the way through... And I was not disappointed! Thank you, as always, for all the discussions, analysis, and beautiful tangents 😁🖤
Hey just discovered your channel! That was quite a bit to take in one sitting, but I really appreciate your devotion to speaking at such length to such an important concept to us
Fantastic, watched your Snape wives and GND video like 4 times. The Byronic hero is my favorite, and also love the heroine version though they are way rarer. My favorite is the queen from queens thief, she is wretched, sad, broken, powerless and powerful but has her sweet points. And she is devastated when her husband loves her because her life makes him feel wretched. I literally want to have a discussion about how her partner and her switch roles as the hero in book 3. Ugh. I love epics and deep family drama.
i have not watched a single minute of Succession despite everyone and their mother talking abt it online.... but i will watch you talk to me abt it anyway!
Oh yeah, I remember in the snape wives video when I thought "Damn, this video about Byronic Heroes really changed focus." Only to remember it was about snape.
How did I miss this 2 weeks ago! Now I have on notifications so I will no longer miss the goddess posting again, I hope. This video had just the best guests. Laura and the Cooks both have amazing channels that, just like this channel, always leaves me wanting more and looking forward to the next release. (even if I completely missed it by 2 weeks)
I've never seen Succession, but I come back to this video all the time, because it is seriously one of the top five video essays on this Devil owned platform.
I'm sorry but, while this is good and detailed and insightful and already on my rewatch list, NOBODY will ever make a better critique of Succession than Demi Adejuyigbe. It still gets stuck in my head...
For the record: I meant King James, obviously. Most of you seemed to understand that, the rest of you can take it up with Freud.
The crossover conclusion I drew 20 mins in
CJtheX: Father
Biz barclay: Son
Mike’s Mic: Holy Spirit
Mike’s mic being included is such good taste.
i haven't seen succession, but I'm happy to trade the spiritual damage of spoilers for a good discussion of Faustian bargains
The idea that this is peoples first experience of succession makes me feel like God
@@upinurbiz when I eventually watch it, it can never be disentangled from this initial framing. Sounds pretty powerful
I spent years knowing nothing about this show except the most basic synopsis and now it can never not be the Faustian clusterfuck detailed here
[1:12:37] My mom told me the one of the most embarrassed she has ever been was when she up to her professor, noticed _Faust_ was on his desk and said, “Are you reading that? I just love Gow-thee.”
When he finally figured out what she meant he just said, “Oh, you mean Goethe?”
She told me she had only ever seen it written down, and wanted to sink into the floor. Lmao
One of the weirdest parts about Byron is that he's the father of Ada Lovelace, who is his only child not born out of wedlock, and she wrote the first "computer program" more of less.
That family is wild
He also knew mary shelley??
@@raekarkoc928 yes and was very fond of her husband Percy, to the point that when Percy died Byron sobbed relentlessly, tried to throw himself into the grave and stole Percy's skull or tried to I can't remember
biz has been doing so good all her videos are bangers, I think we should let her talk abt lord byron for 2 hours. as a treat
I would watch the hell outta that video
omg yes please!
We need a Byron video
BABE WAKE UP NEW BIZ VID
This is the only Succession content I will consume before I finally fucking watch it
“How to draw outlandish conclusions based on tangentially related media in order to prove a half-baked point about the moral compass of a white man” has become my preferred pastime, so thanks for indulging me 😂🙏🏾.
You ever see a 2.5 hr video essay drop and your eyes grow a little wide like a kid being prestent with an ice cream sunday and you just go "oh FUCK" yeah
i'm a history buff and its shocking - or maybe not - how much of society's wars are rich families fighting over the family silver.
The way I read Roman is that he wanted to sell out. When he suggest to Kendall that they do he is mumbling and avoiding eye contact, but suggesting quite clearly that perhaps the best thing is to just get out. Soon after Kendall has pushed/convinced him that they should try to keep control Roman goes all in on fascism and racism to a much greater degree than what we have seen so far in the show. I read this as Roman wanting this all to end, when selling isn't an option then his death drive takes over and he begins seeking annihilation instead. If he can't be free, then at least he can seek self-destruction.
Nearly fell from my chair when you compared yourself to Cj The X. No need to pit two of my favorite feral art goblins. Y'all are incredible in the videos you both put out.
“Feral art goblin” is my favorite type of video essayist. I’m glad I have a name now for this phenomenon.
@@Misa.misato as much as i love the standard video essay analysis about *insert niche here*, biz and cj make me drop everything for an immediate watch because of their,,, feral flavor (respectfully, tenderly, lovingly)
You forgot Mia Cole. But maybe she's actually rabid while these two are just feral lmao
I haven’t watched Succession and I have no plans to watch Succession. Nonetheless, this video is absolutely fascinating
Same here!
my brain is currently short circuited by Good Omens s2, so when you said "Aziraphale", I literally screamed. I hope you love this season, there's so much to analyse in it!
fr fr fr fr fr finished yesterday crying puking and screaming
I am a Tumblr girlie at heart and boy oh boy do I have THOUGHTS on this season don't you worry, I'll hopefully get a video out on it eventually!
@@upinurbiz yay!!!
Literally same, I am unwell.
Haven't watch the vid yet because I haven't finished Succession but did finish Good Omens and this comment made me feel seen lol
"Thou front of brass, to fling out injury so wild!" If I'm not wrong, in modern terms he basically said "you have balls of steel, to say that to me!"
I second this translation
GOD the parellel between oedipus & faust blinding themselves and the last episode of succession being titled with open eyes…
this video made me appreciate succession on a whole another level and when i eventually binge the series again it will be with a new lense thanks to you!! may be the best video about succession
RIGHT I forgot what the episode was titled until I went to pull the clips for this episode i so wish I’d made that connection earlier but it’s soooo good that show is sooo good and I’m stoked you liked the video!
Every time I see your actual numbers I get confused, because how could this person have less than 100k subscribers?? With content like this?? Baffling.
Fantastic work as always, and that ending song was one of my favorites. Looking forward to the next one :)
Couldn't get into the show, did get into this video essay. That's how good you are
the best comment I could ever receive
i loved the stuff you had about oedipus and electra because it always bothered me how most people think of the oedipus complex as someone wanting those things instead of the story actually being about someone who was actively against it,, to me, it’s about how if someone can be blamed for doing something wrong without knowing it’s wrong
yes I love this! there was an angle I found in some of my research that suggested Oedipus also being about how if we can forgive Oedipus for crimes he didn't know he was committing and wasn't responsible for, then we can also forgive ourselves for moral transgression we didn't know we were committing which I thought was fun as well.
It occurred to me that in the modern tragedy ( and often in life) self-blinding after being exposed to the reality of a situation, is less often self imposed punishment but instead failure to take responsibility. The one who has had their eye's opened often proceeds to put blinders on.
OOOOH THAT IS AN INTERESTING TAKE WOW. Cause after all oedipus got to take advantage of his daughter caring for/guiding him after he was blind, but he never had to witness what she was/what he’d done to her. That is definitely something to chew on!
I appreciate you making it very clear the difference between my faith’s texts and the very Doo doo interpretation of post Nicean Creed Christianity. Most Jews have never believed in the Devil and most (but not quite as many) of us including me don’t believe in Hell or Heaven. We really don’t focus much on an afterlife, it’s mostly about what we do on Earth
That’s a lie. Jews know the history & origin of satan from the Torah. You probably not following the real teachings if you saying that
Biz, thank you for this. Your video on GnD and Midnight Mass is my favorite video essay ever. I watch it at least once weekly. I'm going through a break up and seeing you drop this made me the happiest I've been in weeks. As a fellow lapsed catholic your deep dives in Christianity theology and mass media scratch that itch in brain like nothing else. Thank you. Please keep doing these for as long as they bring you joy ❤
if you ever talk about cannibalism in media i think i'd cry tears of joy. youre so engaging and such a pleasure to listen to. i rarely ever finish long form videos without skipping but i always sit and enjoy your videos!
hannibal video PLEASEE
“Peaking in high school is bad but peaking in high school as a theatre kid.”
First good job describing something I have lacked the words for up until now.
For you edification I wasn’t even a theatre kid I was a stage hand doing the lights. Still feels like I peaked tho.
i was more prepared for this video than for my actual college lectures. fuck sixty pages of readings but I DID watch every take on succession on youtube prior to this
Best video essayist on RUclips 100% serious, no exaggeration, no hyperbole. Is there someone on this platform with better scholarly insights? I'm sure there is. Is there someone with better visuals or editing? For sure. But overall is there somebody here as nice to listen to and enjoyable? Not for me at least.
The school system failed me and I didn't know semiology or Emile Durkheim even existed until I watched a video essay about the Snape wives.
So thank you Biz, for the nice times and knowledge.
Love you and keep on the GREAT work
the school system failed everyone you are absolutely not alone in that. the standardized punitive approach to early education (at least in the US) is one thing but particularly when it comes to this “higher” education thing we have going on where we lock away books and knowledge behind hundreds of thousands of dollar tuitions, then scam 18 year olds into getting into debt for their rest of their life by telling them that’s the only option they have. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ANYONE CAN LEARN ANYTHING AT ANY TIME.
(soz about the novel lol I just have very strong feelings about this topic and appreciate your comment so much thank you
@@upinurbiz first of all thank you for responding :). I live and study in Italy so higher education (even private) is not as cost prohibitive, at least in theory. As I've experienced first hand the professors teaching the courses mandatory for your degree at the cheap, state funded university the next town over can be absolute idiots (readying brief descriptions from a slide show instead of actually giving a medieval art history lecture, talking about Matera for 90 minutes instead of archival practices) it's kind of a gamble and you can easily end up not learning anything about the main subject of your degree. Is this to say there a no good teachers in a public higher education system? no. But there is a level of classism because if you want to make sure you're going to have great teachers across the board you have to move to another city, probably a big expensive one. (For americans who move across the U.S for college this may seem menial but here you either have money for a 600/700€ a month room, which is a lot for most families, or have extremely high grades and low income to get student housing)
That's not to say we have it bad because when I told an American exchang student I payed maybe 400€ for the entire year she started crying. I would have probably not attended college if this costed hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Sorry for the lengthy response but yeah, American college especially is a really crazy scam, I wholeheartedly agree.
Ps. Durkheim in particular came to mind because my former philosophy professor was a madman obsessed with Tommaso d'Aquino and Christian philosophy (we barely breached the 20th century) and when I visited my forme lit prof. and we got chatting about our recent reads I brought up Durkheim and she literally told me "we had a lot of fun studying him, didn't we?" Never happened, straight up lying to my face, pure gaslighting.
I haven't seen a single episode of this show or piece of media talking about it let's gooooooo.
God, now THIS is the breakdown of Succession I’ve been looking for, bless you and all your crops
i have no idea how i don't know why youtube hasn't recommended me this channel yet, this video was absolutely wonderful
honestly this video is giving CJ vibes plus contrapoints length and detail like you deserve so many views on this absolute masterpiece
Oh fuck yeah! Thomas van nortwick was my professor in undergrad! Man’s a fucking genius absolute expert on Greek tragedies. He also wrote some brilliant stuff on oedipus and specifically on the third play oedipus at colonus, would recommend. Love hearing a TVN quote in a video essay.
THAT IS SO COOL I loved what I read of his absolutely fantastic 10/10, not at all surprised to hear he was a brilliant professor.
biz, this went SO hard. thank you for this (actually quite coherent, and very very thought provoking and inspiring) ride. i cannot wait to dive into the sources you used for this, and keep thinking about all these threads of thought that you weaved together into a tapestry with very enticing little holes full of potential for more ideas and connections.
SQUEALED when I saw the notification for this vid!!! I love your commentary AND succession
This video isn't just a brilliant analysis of succession and all the literary works and stories, it is a straight up master class in making video essays themselves.
After buzzing through a few videos of this channel for the first time ever... all i can ask is "Where the fuck have you been all my life?"
This level of intellectual breakdown with an overabundance of dramatic sass and wine-mom energy deserves 50 times as many subs as you have. 🔥
this one's going on the list of videos i can play to fall asleep to and it'll slowly alter my brain chemistry
"They're not different people in our world, they're our people in a different world"
a banger line and a succinct one
THANK YOU 🥹
I love the energy and presentation of your videos. I can watch them multiple times and get something different out of them every time. The only issue I have is that the volume is always incredibly low so I have to turn my speakers up loud enough that they are buzzing.
I HEAR YOU & I SEE YOU I am working on it idk why that keeps happening but you’re not alone hopefully RUclips will add a gain feature to the editor one day (in the meantime I’m trying to find a good export volume lol)
This is a return to form for the RUclips video essay. There is critical analysis mixed in with edutainment but a deep ability to mix academic training with broad appeal. There’s also a touch of magic in the “huh? What AM I talking about?” That loops back into the point. Very fun!
Never seen succession feels like I should watch succession thanks for letting me audit this 200 level course biz
I literally have chills it feels like my birthday my favorite video essayist making a video about my favorite show I am literally losing my mind
I finally get to listen to one of these at work the day it’s posted and not months after the fact.
this ate, I love the way your brain works, makes connections. Never stop being amazing
This video might actually get me to watch Succession, thank you for all your amazing work. My brain isn't working very well right now but I'm a big fan of your videos and it really made my day to watch this one.
Succession is the second greatest television show ever made. It was a masterpiece. And this video is everything!! This is the first video I found of yours and I’m obsessed.
There is only one show I think tops succession and that’s the German Netflix series Dark. It’s an absolute masterpiece. The themes are just as complex as the mystery. And I would die to hear you break it all down.
It questions the meaning of faith and family, blood and time. It takes into questions about fate, destiny and choices. Can you change your destiny? Can you be truly free from the clutches of time? Can you change your future? Are we really ever free of time?
It’s a who done it, time travel mystery. It’s dark, haunting and brilliant.
really appreciate this video because unlike most people on tumblr i dont like tom and i love shiv and i just need more people who understand it
Getting a Biz Barclay notification always has my ADHD tying me to a chair and saying "you will focus on this and nothing else for the next X hours" and I wouldn't change that for the world
i usually come to these videos without having knowledge of the title topic (succession in this case) cause i know its mostly going to be a special interest rabbit hole that touches on the title topic occasionally (which i live for dont get me wrong it takes off the pressure of knowing everything about the media piece hehe)
succession is one of my favorite shows and ive seen so many video essays abt it but this one has to be one of the best
ur pretty good at this whole “talking about tv I haven’t seen and comparing it to books I haven’t read” thing. gj.
i haven't finished watching succession yet and i haven't really been in the mood to watch it recently. however, the promise of an entire biz barclay vid as soon as i finish is motivating me to watch it right the fuck now!! excited to watch this in one sitting in 1-2 business weeks
Would love to know your thoughts upon return 👀👀👀
@@upinurbiz okay i have returned and watched this in one sitting as promised, and it was so fucking good!! probably the best reason anyone has ever had to binge watch a show
I just wanted to say thank you very much for making your long form, tangential, thought provoking, hilarious, philosophical videos. I greatly enjoy them, whether I've seen the source material or not.
I love your videos! Thank you for existing!
seeing this video and its timestamp in my subscriptions today was a true blessing and im so happy with this comparison of faust and succession !!!! its so real! ANyway im only 23 mins in atm soo excited to finish this
AHHHHHH NEW BIZ!!!! Seeing this video at midnight, and it looks like my plans for sleep have been replaced with 2 and a half hours of arguably hinged media analysis.
I just need you to know, this is the only video essay I have done research *to watch*. I heard you at the beginning and I went and watched a few other video essays to get an idea of what Succession was, and then immediately came back to watch this. Excellent video btw; I actually understand Faustian bargains now, thanks!
every new video of biz's that i watch feels increasingly tailored to my specific and sporadic interests.
My favourite video essayist covering my favourite show. Today is a good day.
New barclay video? Today is gonna be a good damn day
i started watching this when it was first uploaded, realized i didn't know what was going on, and watched all 4 seasons of succession to be able to watch this video essay. thank you biz for changing my life 🙏🙏
I'm never telling anyone my specific age again. From now on, it's only "well past my 14th year"
You know, this crossroads idea your putting forward is in my opinion very in line with biblical narratives also. I have heard Dr Tim Mackie make the point that If you look at the original Hebrew and sometimes the Greek Septuagint, choosing to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree is equated to gaining the knowledge of right and wrong so that you can choose to "do what is right in your own eyes" (this phrase is very popular in the original text from the research I have done so far) but this lines up with the characters choosing at their own crossroads what is right for them but only based on what they know in that current moment, and in the end shooting themselves in the foot or maybe even the head.
Never ever watched Succession but I loved your Midnight Mass video so much I am sneaking into the class!!
Literally never seen a single episode of Succession but LET'S GO
Omg! a big vid on my day off! what a blessing. Can't wait for the Bruce and Even Almighty retrospective
about nine months late and with zero starbucks but i wanted to say your ability to combine (so-called) high and low culture and your empathy and thoughtfulness is inspiring as fuck and makes for the perfect way to teach my not into philosophy partner why i love philosophy beyond my rants about old greek dudes, so for a million reasons thank you / i love your work
Two hours video on succession, were going to be super concentrated this marry day
omfg, NEW BIZ BARCLAY VIDEO, _AND_ IT'S ABOUT SUCCESSION?!?!!!? I am *SAT*
I'm at 'Jesus really is just a nepo baby', and I'm pinning it on my own board as we speak. 📌
what a nice birthday gift, thank you biz :)
INFODUMPING WINE FRIEND, MY LOVE! WELCOME BACK!
Omg new biz barclay time to drop everything and sit down for 2 and a half hours
🤓☝️tragedy comes from a greek word "tragos" which means goat and oat which means song. The reason is because of the Satyrs, half men half goats, the followers of Dionysus. Every tetralogy contained a satyr play, about which we know almost nothing, except that it featured men dressed as satyrs.
I don't know what this "Succession" is, but stars know it I'll watch this entire damn video anyway.
The fact that this video has so little attention, even though it is, arguably, your best video, is a crime.
Have I watched a single episode of succession? No, never, not even a single second of it. But this is my second time watching this video because I cannot stop thinking about it every time you make another video.
Omg that intro, amazing
You are a star, possibly a morning star
Pleeeeaaaaase make a patron with longer cuts of your vids oh my god I love seeing your words
I live for the song drops at the end of these videos, holy shit biz really feeds us well
the amount of times i got absolutely jumpscared by christian bale in 1992 newsies here is not insignificant
I haven't watched Succession-and probably never will-but your video essays are SO good that I couldn't help but watch this one all the way through... And I was not disappointed! Thank you, as always, for all the discussions, analysis, and beautiful tangents 😁🖤
Hey just discovered your channel! That was quite a bit to take in one sitting, but I really appreciate your devotion to speaking at such length to such an important concept to us
Finishing succession has gone from eventual plan to physiological need, don't want to take my 201 class without the text book.
I think I am in the wrong class... but I'm staying. Only to get Professor Barclay closer to tenure.
seeing this has quite literally saved my entire day 💀
Jesus was a nepo baby was exactly the take I came to this video for. Thank you!
Fantastic, watched your Snape wives and GND video like 4 times. The Byronic hero is my favorite, and also love the heroine version though they are way rarer. My favorite is the queen from queens thief, she is wretched, sad, broken, powerless and powerful but has her sweet points. And she is devastated when her husband loves her because her life makes him feel wretched. I literally want to have a discussion about how her partner and her switch roles as the hero in book 3. Ugh. I love epics and deep family drama.
i have not watched a single minute of Succession despite everyone and their mother talking abt it online.... but i will watch you talk to me abt it anyway!
Oh yeah, I remember in the snape wives video when I thought "Damn, this video about Byronic Heroes really changed focus." Only to remember it was about snape.
How did I miss this 2 weeks ago! Now I have on notifications so I will no longer miss the goddess posting again, I hope.
This video had just the best guests. Laura and the Cooks both have amazing channels that, just like this channel, always leaves me wanting more and looking forward to the next release. (even if I completely missed it by 2 weeks)
!!!! U R VERY KIND THANK U also hell yeah Laura & the cooks are absolute gems
I've never seen Succession, but I come back to this video all the time, because it is seriously one of the top five video essays on this Devil owned platform.
As an avid student of Succession I lived for this video, thank you
Howls in relief! This is getting me through the doomsday landscape the wildfires have created using my hometown
OH NO PLZ STAY SAFE
never seen succession, don't know what it's about, but i am very excited to watch this c:
girl is back with the new video, thanks!!!
YESSS NEW BIZ CONTENT FOR WHEN MY BRAIN DOESNT WORK
one of the favourite channels fr
I'm sorry but, while this is good and detailed and insightful and already on my rewatch list,
NOBODY will ever make a better critique of Succession than Demi Adejuyigbe.
It still gets stuck in my head...
who. will. get. the. kiss. from. DADDY?
WAIT WASN’T HE A GILMORE GUY I LOVED THAT PODCAST WHERE IS THIS CRITIQUE I NEED IT
Sorry, when I say critique, I mean the short song he made! RUclips search Demi Adejuyigbe + Succession, and just.... it's wonderful
(but still, I do feel like it's a critique, just in short joke song form)
fav underrated video essayist made a vid on my favorite show????? Let’s fucking gooooooo
01:06:26 The most accurately named section; absolute banger
the only episode of succession season 4 that i watched live WAS the wedding episode. shit was crazy.
WHY HAVENT I SEEN THIS BEFORE. ITS AMAZING ❤️❤️
@@AnnabellaInMyMind this video has been reserved for a very special group of people WELCOME (and thank you❤️)