‘Succession’ star Jeremy Strong defends his language use after becoming a meme

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Succession star Jeremy Strong has defended himself after he became a meme for language he used in a new featurette.Following the lauded recent third episode of the HBO show’s fourth season, the network shared a featurette which saw Strong and his co-stars dissecting how the episode came together.During the piece, Strong used the word “dramaturgically” in a sentence describing the flow of the episode, saying: “I thought it made sense dramaturgically.

And then when I read the script, I found it shocking and emotionally devastating.”After it aired, fans then mocked Strong for the use of the word, with some saying it’s not a real word.In response, the Merriam-Webster dictionary then tweeted the word’s definition, revealing that the adverb is “relating to the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation”.In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Strong stuck by his use of the word.

Told by the interviewer that he had to Google the word to work out what it meant, Strong responded: “Well, it’s a real word.

I’m a theatre nerd and it’s a theatre nerd word, so I stand by it.”dramaturgically | adverb | relating to the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 12, 2023Season four of Succession is currently airing on HBO, and fans have reacted to the “magnificent” twist in its latest episode.Spoilers for Succession season four below.In the episode titled Connor’s Wedding, Logan Roy (Brian Cox) departs on a flight to Sweden with some of his closest advisors to negotiate a new deal with Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård), while Logan’s children Roman (Kieran Culkin), Shiv (Sarah Snook) and Kendall (Jeremy Strong) attend their brother’s.