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If you haven't heard of Peep Show but you enjoyed Succession you should know that Jessie Armstrong, the creator and showrunner of Succession, was previously one half of the Jessie Armstrong and Sam Bain pair responsible for Peep Show.

I find the similarities between the two shows fascinating: in particular the way they both revel in how flawed their central characters are.

aosaigh · 1h ago

This is a good read for fans of the the show. I don’t think the central premise of redefined evil holds up, but it’s a fun read and the analysis of their characters is spot on.

jkestner · 27m ago

Yeah, I never empathized with Mark and Jez so his thesis falls apart for me. Maybe he’s the baddie?

ElCapitanMarkla · 2h ago

I’ll tell you what, that crack is really moreish.

mmasu · 24m ago

please Jez, don’t talk about crack!!

danielecook · 1h ago

I place it in the category of “cringe humor,” and by that standard it’s more cringey than Seinfeld and curb - especially because of the first person shots. It is a great show! Well worth a watch.

jgalt212 · 8m ago

> Lies to a woman about stalking her so he can continue running into her in different locations

We've all done that.

tab_jockey · 1h ago

· Lies to a woman about accidentally killing her dog to try to sleep with her (also tries to burn the dog corpse and dispose of it)

zxexz · 22m ago

And then claims it’s a barbecue turkey, and eats it in front of her in an attempt to save face.

phist_mcgee · 1h ago

The article refers to the banality of evil in realation to Eichmann. There's actually been quite a bit of historical push back on this assertion, which in some ways has been used to rehabilitate Eichmann's image as a bureaucrat. Eichmann while not the chief architect, was definitely partly responsible for the Holocaust's "success" and actively climbed the nazi hierarchy by finding a niche to fill - exterminating jewish people.

JadeNB · 31m ago

I always thought "the banality of evil" wasn't about minimizing the horror of his actions. It's not saying "what he did wasn't so bad," but "these horrible actions were done not by an obvious villain, but by someone personally unremarkable."

ants_everywhere · 30m ago

In addition to the push back there's the fact that Hannah Arendt -- who coined the phrase "banality of evil" -- was also a lover of Martin Heidegger.

Heidegger was an enthusiastic Nazi and Arendt also defended him. Some people see the "banality of evil" book as essentially being a defense of Eichmann.

pessimizer · 46m ago

And people just ignore a number of very convincing anecdotes told to Lanzmann from Benjamin Murmelstein, someone who would know, including one with Eichmann personally helping trash the inside of a Vienna synagogue on Kristallnacht.

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