A Bad-Heir Day at the Première of "House of the Dragon

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A new "Game of Thrones" show has arrived in the year of our anxieties 2022 to ferry us away from our long winter of " Thrones "-lessness.

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Can we go where it takes us? 'House of the Dragon', a lavish prequel series

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hundred and seventy-two years before the Mad King's death and Daenerys Targaryen's birth, it depicts the Targaryens in an era well before our old friends arrived

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There are dusty cities and palaces in year 172 B.D.T., chandeliers that resemble bonfires,

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eerily towheaded ruling families, and the occasional orgie. The show's violence-to-debauchery ratio needs to be adjusted. (Too occasional, maybe.)

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It's always driven by a succession crisis, so sit back and watch the infighting: we're in for hours of high-powered treachery.

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There are some familiar pleasures found in "Dragon" that will bring back the old "Thrones" memorie

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Instead of an ice-monster sequence, as "Thrones" did, Prince Viserys (Paddy Considine) is announced as the next king in a grand hall.

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Thanks For Reading

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