House of Cards is the first of several upcoming original series offered exclusively by Netflix to compete with other internet TV services, and - - hopefully -- the way we watch episodic film (which at this point in its evolution deserves that title). House of Cards as follows Frank Underwood, the Majority Whip in the US House of Representatives, as he is betrayed by his party's president-elect, and he sets out on a ruthless vendetta to come out on top. Kevin Spacey plays the South Carolinian Congressman brilliantly, and he commands the show as a brilliant, deceptive, and sometimes disturbingly omnipotent central character and narrator.
The show uses a classic narration style borrowed from dramatic theater in which a character will talk directly to the audience as scenes unfold. I was skeptical at first. I thought the style would draw from the immersion, take me out of the scene, remind me I was watching TV, but I could not have been more wrong. You are Frank Underwood's confidant, and he guides you through his exploits and reveals to us his cunning and deep-seated wickedness. And it's delightful. It isn't easy to write an antihero, but they've succeeded in delivering one that is so likable we often can't help but want Frank to win it all. No one wants a crook in the White House, unless it's Francis Underwood.
The show uses a classic narration style borrowed from dramatic theater in which a character will talk directly to the audience as scenes unfold. I was skeptical at first. I thought the style would draw from the immersion, take me out of the scene, remind me I was watching TV, but I could not have been more wrong. You are Frank Underwood's confidant, and he guides you through his exploits and reveals to us his cunning and deep-seated wickedness. And it's delightful. It isn't easy to write an antihero, but they've succeeded in delivering one that is so likable we often can't help but want Frank to win it all. No one wants a crook in the White House, unless it's Francis Underwood.