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HBO’s Docuseries ‘Ren Faire,’ Premiering This Weekend, Spotlights A Succession Battle Worthy Of Logan Roy
'Succession' meets 'Game Of Thrones' in HBO's new documentary series 'Ren Faire,' directed by Lance Oppenheim.
At outdoor festivals of this ilk — in case you’re unaware — performers suit up in medieval attire, musicians tootle on flutes and strum lyres, fire eaters consume flames, and fans devour massive turkey drumsticks and fistfuls of kettle corn. The Logan Roy – or, if you prefer, King Aerys II – in this scenario is aging potentate George Coulam, founder and ruler of the Texas ren faire. David Gauvey Herbert, an executive producer of Ren Faire who brought the project to Oppenheim, assessed the filmmaker’s oeuvre at the Boston Q&A, observing, “He’s obsessed with people who get trapped in worlds of their own making.”
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