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Like that's like a little above it, but also like showing up angry and wanting to win the test. Yeah, exactly.

There you go. Yeah. Well, it occurred to me that the way Succession was filmed may have had some similarities to the way you perform your current role in Dorian Gray. I think that for Succession, there were numerous cameras following the cast as they did scenes, kind of like the cameras that follow you on stage.

There you go. Yeah. Well, it occurred to me that the way Succession was filmed may have had some similarities to the way you perform your current role in Dorian Gray. I think that for Succession, there were numerous cameras following the cast as they did scenes, kind of like the cameras that follow you on stage.

There you go. Yeah. Well, it occurred to me that the way Succession was filmed may have had some similarities to the way you perform your current role in Dorian Gray. I think that for Succession, there were numerous cameras following the cast as they did scenes, kind of like the cameras that follow you on stage.

Wait, so you would sort of perform the scenes and it was kind of the camera people's job to sort of anticipate where you might go with it?

Wait, so you would sort of perform the scenes and it was kind of the camera people's job to sort of anticipate where you might go with it?

Wait, so you would sort of perform the scenes and it was kind of the camera people's job to sort of anticipate where you might go with it?

Yeah, the thing about your character Shiv, she's an observer. She sometimes hangs back and watches as her brothers, her father, people in the company interact. And she seems to process it. And you can see that on your face. Can you talk about how you thought about Shiv as an observer? Yeah.

Yeah, the thing about your character Shiv, she's an observer. She sometimes hangs back and watches as her brothers, her father, people in the company interact. And she seems to process it. And you can see that on your face. Can you talk about how you thought about Shiv as an observer? Yeah.

Yeah, the thing about your character Shiv, she's an observer. She sometimes hangs back and watches as her brothers, her father, people in the company interact. And she seems to process it. And you can see that on your face. Can you talk about how you thought about Shiv as an observer? Yeah.

Well, Sarah Snook, thank you so much for joining us.

Well, Sarah Snook, thank you so much for joining us.

Well, Sarah Snook, thank you so much for joining us.

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I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, I am joined by Amanda Hess. She's a journalist, cultural critic, and now author of a new memoir titled Second Life, Having a Child in the Digital Age. The book starts with a moment every expecting parent dreads, a routine ultrasound that is suddenly not routine.