Go Write That Book, Killer (Column)

When writers kill, sometimes their art imitates their life.

I know it’s been a week, but I want to say something about Succession. I won’t bother with the spoiler alerts since it dominated the media for days, but I don’t want to talk about the ending, either. Instead, I can’t get over the pivotal moment in the finale, where Shiv and Roman debate killing their brother, Kendall.

The mise-en-scene tells us that thi…