BREAKING: Corrupt Congressman Doesn't Like TV Show About Corrupt Congressman
It's unusual for former Massachusetts congressman, Barney Frank, to dabble in television criticism. But I suppose the hit Netflix show, House of Cards, must have touched a nerve. From The Hill:
In an op-ed published Monday in Maine's Portland Press Herald, Frank gives his scorching review of "House of Cards," saying the Netflix series "demeans the democratic process in ways that are unfair, inaccurate, and if they were to be believed by a substantial number of the public, deeply unfortunate."
The lead of the show, played with ferocious gusto by Kevin Spacey, is a corrupt Democratic congressman. And apparently, Barney Frank finds this portrayal to be unrealistic:
The retired 16-term congressman, 73, says he's "never met anyone in a position of power in Congress" who resembles Kevin Spacey's character on the popular show. Spacey plays a corrupt, fictional Democratic House majority whip.
Never met anyone? Anyone?
While Frank concedes "Dramatic criticism is neither my interest nor my forte," he writes he was troubled by the notion that the "House of Cards" audience might "think that this is the way government functions and be further disillusioned from trying to influence it."
Barney Frank, who was in Congress for approximately sixteen thousand years, must not have been paying attention. What with his various other activities, perhaps he missed some things about the cesspool of pork, entitlement, graft, and general rot of the massively over-funded state in action.
On the other hand, he was a busy fellow. Nice for all of us that he has plenty of timethese days to watch TV.
BREAKING: Corrupt Congressman Doesn't Like TV Show About Corrupt Congressman
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