Breaking Bad went through a few rather bleak periods and we hung in there. House of Cards is no substitute but it has us pretty wrapped up. Good thing it’s streamable because we keep having to back up to catch the dialog. It is dense and twisted with everyone playing everyone big time. We’re on episode 22 and all of the main characters are so soiled our sympathies are now with the born again prostitute, Rachel Posner, and the creepy photographer, Adam Galloway.
Although it’s set in the White House with a hapless president, the politics take a backseat to the lobbyists and business interests. The only defense against these forces is the naked quest for power. Good thing it is only a tv show.
It is worth watching the show though just to be able to enjoy Vulture’s coverage of it.
3 Comments
reminds me of the Bush Cheney Rumsfield days, without Kevin Spacey the show would be nothing, the way he goes out of character long enough to talk to the audience is amazing, i just started watching madmen, i am about 8 episodes in, so far the show is a little hit and miss but there is some great dialogue there, plus i like the way they smoke everywhere all the time and let the kids ride in the car climbing over the seats, and running around playing with dry cleaner bags over their faces.
Having recently finished HOC I have deep regrets. The cynicism and malignant duplicity of the story has slimed my world view at the moment.
It sure does make you look at things more skeptically. We have had fun reading vulture.com summaries. http://www.vulture.com/2014/02/netflix-house-of-cards-recap-season-2-episode-1.html