Mary Kate Cary, Fox News: So long 'House of Cards' -- and good riddance!
The next Kevin Spacey-less season of Netflix's "House of Cards" will be the last. To those lamenting its end, I say good riddance.
I for one will not miss what I have come to view as one of the most anti-American phenomena in modern pop culture. With an upside-down American flag as its logo, and “Democracy Is So Overrated” as both its Facebook and Twitter themes — with 3 million likes and 2 million Twitter followers— our enemies couldn’t have designed a better way to undermine our democracy through entertainment and social media. There’s a reason that “House of Cards” is so popular in China and Russia: it paints a dark, dystopian picture of America. Is that what we really need right now?
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WNU Editor: I have watched all 5 seasons .... and there are parts of the series that I do like. But it is a work of fiction, and it does not represent how U.S. politics work. Unfortunately .... many people outside of the U.S. do think that this show is an accurate representation on U.S. politics. I have heard a few times Putin mentioning on Russian TV that 'House of Cards' provides an insight into how the U.S. political system works (which tells me that he watches it) .... ditto among some people that I know in China. And while I do tell my friends and family in Russia and my friends in China that 'House of Cards' is just a work of fiction .... my comments fall on deaf ears. Am I sorry that 'House of Cards' will end with this season .... not really. But I do know that many people will miss it.
