'House of Cards' Season 4 Spoilers: Australian Politician Calls Netflix Series 'More Of A Melodrama' [VIDEO]
In an interview with Guardian Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, pitted House of Cards with Borgen.
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The American political drama loses to the Danish political drama, in Turnbull's view. The Australian politician, who was also the former prime minister of Australia, also compared the protagonists in both shows, calling Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) "a latter day Iago." He complimented Borgen as being a "very raw, real political drama."
The politician gave his final blow by suggesting that House of Cards was something of a sappy political show.
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"House of Cards, which we all love, is more of a melodrama," he said.
This is not the first time that a politician has expressed disapproval of the show. In an interview with Business Insider former Congressman Barney Frank gave his opinion on House of Cards, and it was as scathing as it gets.
"Oh, it's a terrible show," he says. Frank went on to emphasize the disingenuity of the series, stating that no one should take it seriously. "It's the kind of thing that debases people's view of politics."
He proceeded to attack Kevin Spacey's character, Frank Underwood, on the show: "People say he is remotely realistic, who is he?" he asked. "He isn't anybody, there hasn't been anybody so morally loose."
In fact, according to Frank, the show is damaging America's image in the world. He even cited an incident wherein a colleague of his was told by an ambassador of another country to not tell him about human rights and he had watched House of Cards, and knew things worked in America.
He even brings West Wing up as an example of a good political drama, while emphasizing how misleading House of Cards is. Frank recently wrote a critical piece on the show, which was a great relief to members of Congress, who told him that they had suffered because of the show.
Frank finally puts the final nail in the coffin by saying that the show is a "bizarre horror story."
Season 4 is set to return in 2016.
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