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Kings
This is a show that feels like Shakespeare, Authurian Legend, and ancient Greek tragedies. It is epic. It is brilliant. It is completely MODERN. The brilliant speeches from the premiere are like nothing else on television. The characters are complex and well-developed and we’re only through the premiere. The old king who is corrupted by power, greed, and money also has a heart that yearns for the simpler things. He has given up his lady love in his lust for power and keeps her hidden away with another child the public does not know of. The queen who loves her children, claims she stays away from politics, seems a little…