House of Cards s5 is out today.
*Mild spoilers for S05E01 of House of Cards*The problem for shows like House of Cards and Veep is that they can’t not acknowledge Trump. As much as they might want to just keep their heads down and explore their own stories, by virtue of them being predicated on a real world institution they can’t ignore a political shift without damaging their own authenticity. This sucks if you’re a screenwriter; who knows what Donald Trump will do in 11 days, let alone in 11 months when the season launches? Trump is an existential threat to House of Cards‘ raison d’être, a show the premise of which could be reductively be boiled down to: ‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if the president was only interested in power, not policy?’
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