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“Smiling Friends,” Adult Swim

January 20, 2022 By Hannah Raisner, FSU '25

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“Charlie dies and is sent to the underworld to cheer up the devil, who has let hell freeze over. The imagery is straight from the Inferno. Faces frozen in ice, giants, Charlie scaling down to the bottom, God’s hidden face, etc.”

Contributed by Luis E. Sanchez, Florida State University ’22

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Tagged with: Adult Swim, American Television, Cartoon Network, Cartoons, Televison

Succession Season 3, Episode 6 – “What It Takes” (2021)

December 4, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

Succession-What-It-Takes-40th-Birthday-Party-ThemeIn Episode 6 of Season 3 of the HBO television series Succession, Kendall Roy describes the planned theme of his upcoming 40th birthday: “ End Times: Weimar meets Carthage meets Dante meets AI and antibiotic-resistant superbugs.”

Succession has been featured multiple times on our website: see another reference from Season 1 here and a promotional poster citing here.

Categories: Digital Media, Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2021, American Television, Black Comedy, Dante, Drama, HBO, Satire, Televison, United States

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