Right, then; so how different is this from the other Political Portrayals In Real Life such as “West Wing” (”East” Wing?), and “Madam Secretary”?
By the way, I hate that My favourite actress is involved in that last one since it seems to be a pro-socialist programme, unfortunately. :(
Madam Secretary doesn’t seem partisan to me.
West Wing? Never watched it, solely because Sheen was in it .
West Wing= “gee golly, if only liberals were in charge this is how things could be”
House of Cards= “this is how politicians in charge actually are”
There’s a pleasant quality to the monologued Frank gives to the camera. Mainly because it is the only sincerity he shows. All the rest is him being loathsome and phoney to manipulate people. I recall one episode where he expresses disdain for ideology driven people he has no use for it.
In fact, Democrats are confused about how he can be so powerful without personally having an ideology that’s liberal or conservative-http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2014/02/24/3321891/house-cards-ideology/
They totally don’t get that power and the pursuit of it can interest some folks.