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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s likelier to have spontaneous elements because of the actor’s particular method, right?[/quote]

I'm the PP who bought this up and: No I guarantee that speech was written word for word by Jesse Armstrong. But also Jeremy Strong's delivery was phenomenal -- he's an amazing actor.

I disagree Kendall has been eloquent like this before. At the beginning of his Living+ speech, he came out and repeated the phrase "big shoes" like six times, struggled with the teleprompter, then went off script to muse about how cool it would be if they could make people live forever and was like "I mean we can't but wouldn't it be cool?" It was terrible but people are idiots so it got positive reviews on Twitter (within the universe of the show).

But the eulogy was a really wonderful piece of writing that almost feels out of character for Kendall and I'm wondering if we are meant to believe he actually just spoke from the heart, or if he had imagined the speech ahead of time and in particular worked out some of those very lovely turns of phrase, or if the whole thing is more just Armstrong speaking through the character to make a point about the show and Logan and what it means, in the penultimate episode.

There's no right or wrong answer, we can't know, it just struck me because several lines from that eulogy have stuck with me all week.[/quote]

Re: the Living+ speech, you're forgetting how well his speech went [b]after[/b] the cringey first moments you described.  It was very well delivered - and well received, as we see from the audience's reaction and the backslapping he gets backstage.  In addition, he adroitly and diplomatically addressed the audience member's awkward question about Mattson's inappropriate tweet.  
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Agree to disagree. I found the Living+ speech cringey and embarrassing, even if it winds up getting a good reception, whereas the eulogy was both beautifully written and smart in terms of positioning Kendall as a clear successor to his dad’s eulogy.[/quote]

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