{"id":7792,"date":"2018-07-10T06:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T04:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2018-07-10T06:17:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T04:17:54","slug":"robin-plays-hillary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/7792\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin plays Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ancient readers may remember last year I gave my opinion<\/a> on House of Cards<\/em> and wasn’t very impressed:<\/p>\n

Somewhere between Seasons 2 and 3 the feminists got hold of the script and effectively made the show all about Frank Underwood\u2019s wife, played by Robin Wright.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The audience, by\u00a0having it rammed down their\u00a0throats every episode, is expected\u00a0to unconditionally\u00a0accept that Claire Underwood is a brilliant politician, responsible for every success her husband has achieved, desired sexually by every man who meets her, and is easily capable as a\u00a0president herself (there is a Season 5 on the way).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unsurprisingly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The eight-episode final season of House of Cards, expected to drop on Netflix this autumn, will focus on Claire Underwood’s career.<\/p>\n

The character became the US president at the end of the last season, a position previously held by her on-screen husband.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suspect this was the intention long before Spacey quit the show amid allegations he’d been having affairs with young men who may or may not have been wholly enthused with the idea. I’ll not bother watching it, especially now Spacey has gone – one of the few in the show who could act. By contrast, and as I said before, Wright wears the same arse-hugging style of dress or skirt in every shot, manages a single facial expression throughout the entire series, and for each pivotal scene the only thing that changes are the words being spoken.<\/p>\n

I can imagine that Season 5 will be a liberal fantasy of what a Hillary Clinton presidency would have looked like, minus the corruption and deteriorating health. I can see why there’s a market for this, and no doubt the media will be gushing with praise at a season which “shows us what is possible”, but I can’t imagine any men will be watching it. Not any that know how to use a torque wrench, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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