Boy Movies #24

The Succession and Fall Out Boy issue, feat. my friend Ariana

Welcome to the twenty-fourth issue of Boy Movies, my “unsafe” newsletter. I’m honored by the implication that I’m running some sort of fringe publication, I guess. Consider a subscription so I can build an enormous audience and delete my Twitter permanently.

You’re my number one Fall Out Boy movie

This week’s Boy Movies is not, in fact, about a boy movie. It’s not even about movies at all, really. I understand if this is shocking, but before you unsubscribe in a rage, I implore you to join me as I embark on one of my famous “little experiments.” My dear friend Ariana is one of the funniest, smartest people I know, and also the mind behind Number One Fall Out Boy (@numberonefalloutboy), the best Succession-inspired social media account on the internet.

Since its inception, she’s been using this Instagram to examine the lyrics of Fall Out Boy as they correspond to the Roys and their associates in a way that thrills and moves me. Posts are alternately heartbreaking and hilarious: In one, “H…