Tweety looks more like a hopeful autocrat every day. Tweety is so loved by his base can conspire with the Russians in a traitorous way, and still be trusted to "Make America Great Again." Amazing!
"The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard"
By JAMES PONIEWOZIK, JUNE 6, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/arts/television/house-of-cards-season-5-trump.html?mcubz=3
"“House of Cards,” Netflix’s presidential soap, is theoretically well positioned to break the fourth wall of today’s political conversation."
Season 5 . . .
"Superficially, the season is loaded with plot points that echo current headlines: an immigration ban proposed by President Frank Underwood (Mr. Spacey); congressional hearings and leaks; a Russian attempt to take advantage of American divisions; a Syrian chemical-weapons attack that draws a presidential response, driven by a dramatic photo of a dead child.
But the show’s big picture feels like something from an alternative universe, and not just because the power partnership of Frank and his wife, Claire (Robin Wright), is like a conspiracy-fever version of the Clintons’."
I think the author is not paying attention to the "Alternate Universe" Tweety lives in if he thinks the "House of Cards" plot points are far fetched. Tweety is living in THAT Alternate Universe and his intent is to make himself super rich and super loved by at least 30% of the population of the United States.
"“House of Cards,” based on a British series, is at heart a fantasy of competence and omnipotence. Frank pulls the levers of power as easily as he pushed poor Zoe Barnes in front of a subway train. He plays four-dimensional chess while his current analogue often seems to play Whac-a-Mole. He’s cold and deliberative, not hotheaded and impetuous. He confides his plans in Shakespearean asides while President Trump spills to 31 million Twitter followers."
Pay attention folks, or better, yet, go see Season 5 of "House of Cards" for yourself.
I am not the first, or only one to see how the dots connect . . . Tweety following "House of Cards" Prez, Underwood . . .
"Trump vs. Underwood: 7 Times House of Cards Hit a Little Too Close to Reality"
Season 5 of the hit political series mirrored the Trump administration in a number of eerie ways.
by Yohana Desta, May 30, 2017 3:56 pm
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/house-of-cards-season-5-trump
"1. Everything is a “distraction”
In Episode 1, Washington Herald editor Tom Hammerschmidt dismisses one of Frank Underwood’s political tactics as merely a “distraction” to the underlying issues at play. In most circumstances, that would be a fairly benign thing to say, but it’s a pointed choice of words that's hard to ignore in an age when Trump's critics have urged people not to get “distracted” by the president's tweets or outlandish comments, and his Trump's supporters have argued that all the chaotic “distraction” is actually part of his master plan."
And the rest . . .
"2. All the executive orders!"
"3. A suspicious election"
"4. Acts of Russian aggression"
"5. A president under investigation"
"6. A gas attack in Syria"
"7. “Welcome to the death of the age of reason.”
I will say Tweety is not nearly as intellectual as Underwood. Underwood reads.
"How House of Cards Plays Out in Trump’s America"
Arin Keeble, May 30, 2017
http://fortune.com/2017/05/30/house-of-cards-season-5-donald-trump/
"As the executive branch of the U.S. government spirals into chaos, Netflix’s House of Cards is more relevant than ever—for what it says about the real seats of American power and for the challenges it poses to viewers (mostly “liberal elites” like me)."
More.
"Perhaps a more interesting question is: Do we feel that the program’s unrelenting malaise is located solely in the corrupted sites of American power that it dramatizes, and that morality is alive and well elsewhere in the nation? Or, is it inviting audiences to reflect on their own complicity in this malaise as we/they sit on the sofa while “alternative facts” propel the White House?"
Is America morally bankrupt, doing anything it takes, like our Congress, to get favors and material wealth?
" . . . one of Trump’s recent actions came straight from the Underwood playbook. During the last season’s finale, Underwood diverted attention from a series of scandals that were devouring his campaign by turning the public’s attention to the War on Terror (the main enemy was referred to as the ISIS-esque ICO—Islamic Caliphate Organization). Just as the house of cards seems poised to collapse, Frank and his wife, Claire, played by Robin Wright, decide to “create chaos” and “fear.” “We can work with fear,” Claire concludes."
"The final lines of season four, when Frank and Claire both break the fourth wall, combine the two features of the show I am talking about: the dramatization of mass manipulation and the direct address to the audience. Frank and Claire tell us together: “We don’t submit to terror. We make the terror.”"
[fourth wall - defined . . .
noun
the space that separates a performer or performance from an audience.
the conceptual barrier between any fictional work and its viewers or readers.
"he breaks the fourth wall by having Sam refer to the script and the play he's acting in"]