If, like me, you’re still missing the Roy family more than three years after Jesse Armstrong’s award-winning Succession came to its dramatic end, you’re in luck. The Audacity, a razor-sharp new dark comedy, has just landed on HBO Max in the UK – and viewers are already calling it the “best series” since the acclaimed tragicomedy.
The eight-part drama, which first premiered in the US on AMC in April, is set inside the world of egocentric tech titans in Silicon Valley, centring on Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen), the frantic CEO of a data analytics company, as he attempts to save his business.
Unsurprisingly, the show has drawn immediate comparisons to Armstrong’s biting satire. Created and written by Jonathan Glatzer – whose impressive resume includes Succession, Bad Sisters, and Better Call Saul – and with Killing Eve producer Gina Mingacci ialso on board, it’s no wonder audiences are already hooked.
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What is The Audacity about?
The official synopsis reads: “Set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, The Audacity takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
“The darkly comedic drama confronts reality, privacy, and the delusions fueling our ever-changing world.”
