Francis J. Underwood is the fictitious 46th United States President and American adaptation protagonist of the House of Cards. He is described by Kevin Spacey. He is based on Francis Urquhart, the protagonist of the novel and the English television series House of Cards , from which the American Netflix series is taken. She is married to Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), but also has sexual relations with Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) in season 1. She made her first appearance in the series pilot episode, "Chapter 1".
Underwood is from Gaffney, South Carolina. He graduated from The Sentinel (1981 fictional version of Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina) and, later, Harvard Law School in 1984. Several of Underwood's dialogues throughout the series are presented in a narrative technique that broke the fourth wall. Characters speak with Southern accent. During season 1, he is the Whip Democrat of the Majority in the United States House of Representatives. In the second season, he is the newly appointed Vice President of the United States, before becoming President of the United States at the end of the season.
Underwood has been described as manipulative, conniving, Machiavellian, sociopathic, and a symbol of political corruption and crime. Throughout the series, he manipulates and destroys several people, including what he calls friends, for his own purposes. Among other crimes, he personally committed multiple murders, signed other murders committed by his subordinates, ordered the deaths of two former employees, critically injured his cabinet members to prevent him from testifying against him, and indirectly allow the killing of a civilian. for political purposes.
Spacey has received positive reviews for his role as Frank Underwood, but the character itself has been criticized for its recurring and one-dimensional nature. Spacey shares the distinction between the three major television-web roles that will be nominated for the Emmy Primetime Prize at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Spacey has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, won one, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards, including two player nominations and includes two wins, for her performances.
On November 3, 2017, after claims of sexual assault committed against Spacey, Netflix severed ties with the actor, and production on the show was suspended by producer Media Rights Capital, placing the future of the character in question. Netflix has previously announced the cancellation of the show after its sixth season.
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Background and description
Early life
Francis J. Underwood was born on November 5, 1959, to Catherine and Calvin T. Underwood in Gaffney, South Carolina. He is an only child. He grew up in a poor state, with the threat of bank foreclosure on the farm where they live. He entered The Sentinel, a military school in Charleston, South Carolina, loosely based on The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, in the fall of 1976. He graduated in 1981 and, despite having made poor grades, was accepted at Harvard Law School. He received his J.D. from there in 1984. While in Sentinel, he had a homosexual relationship with his roommate, Tim Corbet, which lasted until the first year of his law school. Underwood grew up Christian but held God in total humiliation.
Family
Underwood's great-grandfather, Corporal Augustus Elijah Underwood, was a Confederate soldier who served in the 12th South Carolina Regiment of the Southern Infantry of the McGowan Brigade at the Battle of Spotsylvania. He served at Bloody Angle on May 12, 1864, during the Civil War and was killed by a blow to the back of his own regiment's head at midnight. Underwood was fascinated by his ancestors. When Underwood fell into a coma after the assassination attempt, Augustus appeared in several hallucinations. However, he rejected the Confederacy as weak and called their cause to preserve the institution of "asinine" slavery. His great-grandfather was two when Augustus was killed.
His father, Calvin T. Underwood, was a peach farmer in his hometown of Gaffney who died at the age of 43 from a heart attack. The Underwoods lived in poverty, and almost lost agriculture when Frank was young; to get a bank loan and avoid foreclosure, his father attends a meeting of Ku Klux Klan, where the bank manager is a member. Underwood speaks dearly to his father in public, but this is a political tactic; next to him to the audience, Underwood describes his father as a weak man who did not finish anything in his life. He even peed on his father's tomb in season 3. Despite not liking his father, however, Underwood was influenced by him. Calvin was a cruel alcoholic and caused years of misery by his wife and son. Underwood said that when he was 13 years old, he walked over his father laying a shotgun in his mouth. Calvin asked him to pull the trigger, which he refused. He has stated that his greatest regret is not to kill his father when he has a chance.
Political career
South Carolina Legislature
Underwood was elected at the age of 25 to South Carolina State Senate as one of the youngest members of the state's legislative history after graduating from Harvard in 1984. He was re-elected state senate at 29 in 1988 for the second, and Finally, the term State Senator.
Selection of Congress
Underwood was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1990 as a Democrat representative for South Carolina's 5th District Congress, who was appointed during January 1991. He won 11 consecutive elections, winning his last term in 2012. He was voted the Whip for the Democratic Party in 2005, served as Majority Whip House between 2005 and 2013.
Personal life
Personality
Underwood is really cruel and Machiavellian, and is willing to commit any crime, including murder, to advance his goal of strength. Many critics describe it as a sociopath and as a "pure crime".
Often, Underwood's thoughts throughout the series are presented directly to the audience, a narrative technique known as breaking the fourth wall. Immediately before starring in House of Cards , Spacey has starred in the production of William Shakespeare Richard III as Richard III of England, a character that serves as a partial basis for both. Urquhart and Underwood. His last name came from Oscar Underwood, who served as the first Whip Democracy House from around 1900 to 1901. Some of his ugliness included smoking and playing video games; when Secret Service cut off its online gaming service after he became Vice President, he took the making of model sculptures.
Spacey is seen depicting Underwood for the second season as a continuous learning process. "There's so much I do not know about Francis, so much I learned... I always thought that the profession closest to an actor was a detective... We were given instructions by writers... Then you laid it all out and tried make it come alive as a tricky and surprising character, perhaps even for yourself. "
According to Time Television critic James Poniewozik, at the end of the first episode, it became clear that Underwood literally and figuratively uses meat as his preferred metaphor. She may start the day with a celebratory rib, because "I feel hungry today!", And she describes her life with the metaphor of the flesh. For example, he describes the White House Chief of Staff with an unrelenting admiration: "He's as strong as a two-dollar steak" and plans to destroy enemies like "You gobble whales, one bite at a time". He also endured a boring weekly meeting with House leaders, as he told the audience, with "[imagining] their slightly oily faces frying in a pan."
Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter noted that, in Season 2, with Underwood's new position as Vice President, "He has more power now and that means he instills more fear of his enemies." At one point during the season, he declared "The path to power is paved with hypocrisy and victim." I need to prove what the vice president can do. " Underwood and Claire "continue their cruel resurrection to power because of increasing threats on all fronts."
Sexuality
Underwood's sexuality is very ambiguous throughout most of the first two seasons; she has sexual relations with men and women, but she has never been explicitly identified by sexual labels. Prior to Season 2, various sources speculated about homosexuality. It was revealed in "Chapter 8" he had experience with homosexuality in college. Underwood and Claire never depicted sex in season 1. Slate journalist Hanna Rosin notes: if Frank and Claire Underwood are a real Washington couple and they found each cheating, she would be accused of being "silent gay -lies, turned on by women only when he can use it to play pure power ". Other sources do not make a definite attitude to Underwood's sexuality, but hypothesize that he is not sexually attracted to Claire. In the second season, Underwood is involved in a threesome with Claire and Secret Service agent Edward Meechum (Nathan Darrow), while in season 3, there is a moment of sexual tension between Underwood and his biographer Tom Yates (Paul Sparks). The same season, however, also featured the only scene in the series where Underwood and Claire sex exclusively with each other. In season five, he had sex with Eric Rawlings (Malcolm Madera), his personal male coach.
Relationships
Relationship with Claire Underwood
Stelter describes Frank and Claire Underwood as a "cunning" couple. Michael Dobbs, author of the novel trilogy that became the basis for the British miniseries, compares the interesting nature of their relationship to the characters in the original miniseries, and likens it to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Underwood has strong feelings for Claire, and often dates her at night. He said, "I love that woman, I love her more than loves blood loving sharks." While Underwood is Machiavellian, Claire, like Lady Macbeth, encourages her husband to do whatever it takes to seize power. Hank Stuever of The Washington Post described him as an ice queen's wife. He encourages his evil nature while watching his disapproval of his weakness, saying, "My husband did not apologize... even to me." His overt encouragement gives credibility to their symbiosis. Smith says "The Underwoods have proven themselves cruel, manipulative, and robotic in their pursuit and passion for power." After previewing four episodes of season 2, Goodman says the series "... sells married couples at all costs... as a bit too greasy and reptile for anyone who is good." Willimon notes that "What's remarkable about Frank and Claire is that there is deep and respectful love, but the way they achieve this is by operating on a set of rules that are completely different from those we normally do." Los Angeles Times Critic Mary McNamara made the case that House of Cards is a love story on many levels, but most importantly between Underwood and Claire. This is the story of a man who will commit any imaginable crime while in pursuit of power and a political wife who gives him a push to pursue that power.
Underwood and Claire engage in threesome with their Secret Service guard Edward Meechum at one point in season 2, but most have released intramarital and extramarital sex in order to pursue their strength. International Business Times critic Ellen Killoran notes that this may reconnect with Underwood's quote about Oscar Wilde to Zoe Barnes in Season 1: "A great man once said," it's all about sex except > sex. Sex is about power . "" Avoiding sex can maintain a balance of power in their relationship. Her relationship with Claire is the season 2 episode.
Relationship with Zoe Barnes
Underwood develops an intimate relationship with the Washington Herald and Slugline reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), with Claire's knowledge. When the show begins, Barnes is desperate to rise from covering the Fairfax District Council clash to cover what happened "behind the veil of power in the Capitol aisle." At the end of the first episode, Barnes was one of Underwood's underclassmen cadres. They started a relationship, with Barnes promising to gain his trust and not "ask" in return for supplying sensitive political information. Toward the end of Season 1, he ends their personal relationship and begins to investigate his relationship with the suicide of Pastor Peter Russo (Underwood has actually killed him by locking him in his car in a closed garage). Underwood eventually kills Barnes at the 2nd season premiere, pushing him in front of an approaching Washington Metro train after he begins to follow instructions linked to the killing.
Relationship with Edward Meechum
Underwood loves the head of his Secret Service details, Edward Meechum (Nathan Darrow), and it implies several times that they harbor sexual feelings that are not recognized with each other. When Meechum stumbles upon Underwood watching pornography, Underwood and Claire joke about there being a sexual chemistry between the two men. Shortly after Underwood became vice president, he, Claire and Meechum had a threesome.
Meechum remains Underwood's bodyguard after he becomes president, and there seems to be no continuing sexual intercourse. However, Meechum remains very faithful; he warned the biographer Underwood Tom Yates (Paul Sparks) to not write anything that would undermine the reputation of Underwood. In season 4, Underwood traced Meechum's hand with a marker on one of the walls of the White House when he wanted to replace the Confederate painting; Meechum advised him to make something he liked.
When Lucas Goodwin shot Underwood during the campaign, Meechum traded a fire with the killer, and both were killed instantly. Meechum's death was one of Claire's tragedies in a press conference for the arms control legislation he sponsored, and Underwood asked him to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, a rare privilege for Secret Service agents. When Underwood recovers and discovers that Meechum's traces have been painted, he expresses his sorrow and regret at losing Claire, who says that Meechum is one of the few people who really understand them.
Comparison of Underwood-Urquhart
Underwood is an Americanized version of the main character of the original BBC series Francis Urquhart, a Whait Head of the Conservative Party post-Margaret Thatcher. Urquhart uses deceit, ingenuity, murder, and extortion to influence and pursue the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to producer Beau Willimon, the last name change comes from the feelings of "Dickensian" and "more legitimate Americans" who voiced the resonance of the name 'Underwood'. While Urquhart was a noble from birth, Underwood was a self-made man, born into a poor Southern family with an alcoholic father. Urquhart was one of the first television antiheroes, while Underwood followed the newer antiheroes, including Tony Soprano from The Sopranos, Walter White of Breaking Bad, and Dexter Morgan from Dexter. However, unlike most other antiheroes, Underwood is not forced to be immoral either by circumstances (White), birth (Soprano) or upbringing (Morgan). In his review of Season 2, Slant Magazine ' s Alan Jones writes that Underwood is evil by choice. Although this character is based on the main characters of the BBC show, in an interview during the writing and filming of season 2, creator and showrunner Willimon says that he uses Lyndon B. Johnson as the source of themes and issues discussed at House of Cards like Urquhart's right-wing, who heads the Conservative Party, middle left-leaning Underwood is a member of the Democratic Party, but is less concerned with the ideology that supports "cruel pragmatism" in developing his own political influence and power.
Break the fourth wall
Spacey sums up Underwood's relationship with viewers - that is whenever he breaks a fourth wall - like that of the "best friend" and "one who [believes] more than anyone." Therefore, his view of the audience serves as an indication of the true feelings and intentions of Underwood - usually when he pretends to be polite and polite to the people he hates. In the premiere of season 2, after the entire episode without doing it, Underwood talks directly to the viewer, saying, "Do you think I've forgotten you? Maybe you wish I had." Additionally, in season 3, after a fight with Claire that ended with her raiding on her, Frank boils up his anger by hitting the audience; looking directly into the camera, he locked "What do you see ?!" For the first four seasons, Underwood was the only character to break the fourth wall until the end of the fourth season, where his wife Claire - though silent - spoke directly to Frank. In the fifth season, Claire also handled the camera right away, explaining on one occasion that she always knew they were there, but did not know if she could trust them. In the end, after taking the presidency from Frank and deciding not to grant him pardon, he looked at the camera again and declared "My turn."
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Biography
Season 1
At the beginning of the show, Underwood is a Whip Democrat of the Majority in the House of Representatives, where he has represented the 5th South Carolina congress district since 1990.
Underwood was missed for appointment as US Secretary of State despite his promised position after ensuring Colorado Governor Garrett Walker (Michel Gill)'s election as President. Walker Chief Linda Vasquez (Sakina Jaffrey) gave her this news before the US presidential inauguration in January 2013. With the help of Claire, and her loyal Chief of Staff, Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) Underwood uses her position as House Whip to seek revenge. He quickly allied with the Washington Herald reporter Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), whom he used to weaken his rival through the press. Evil Underwood manipulation increased during this season. He befriended the Pennsylvania Rep. Peter Russo (Corey Stoll), encouraged him to stop drinking and run for governor of Pennsylvania; then his subordinates created considerable pressure in the race to push Russo into public falling off the wagon and destroying his career. Underwood eventually kills him and makes him look like a suicide. He persuaded Vice President Jim Matthews (Dan Ziskie) to resign so he could run for his previously held post, Governor of Pennsylvania, a race that was wide open after Russo's death. At the end of the season, "Chapter 13", Underwood was appointed Vice President to replace Matthews.
Season 2
Underwood took the position of Vice President of the United States. During this season, he "faces challenges from the same ambitious entrepreneur, the Chinese government and the Congress itself" while continuing to pursue his political aspirations. His plot revolves around the battle with billionaire Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney), which involves Chinese money laundering. During this season his greatest challenge was the institutional power of the President's Office and Tusk's power as a billionaire industrialist.
He finds a new rival at Tusk, who seeks to maintain his position as Walker's right-hand advisor to the disorder of Underwood, and his former communications director, Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali), who is now a lobbyist working with Tusk.
At the start of the season, Underwood attempted to wipe out all links to Russo's death. Thus, he kills Barnes by pushing him in front of an approaching Washington Metro train, and framing his partner and lover Lucas Goodwin (Sebastian Arcelus) for cyberterrorism. Another early task for the newly promoted Underwood is to find his own replacement as a Whip Main. He supports Jacqueline Sharp (Molly Parker), a military veteran and third-term Representative of California, although he refrains from offering public support.
Toward the end of the season, Underwood masterminded the fall of Walker. He secretly leaked the details of money laundering, which Walker blamed. While openly supporting Walker, Underwood works behind the scenes to make it impeach, with the help of Sharp. At the end of the season, "Chapter 26", Walker resigned, and Underwood replaced him as President of the United States.
Season 3
Season 3 begins with Underwood presidency to a difficult start: six months after his tenure, he is not popular with the public, and Congress hinders his efforts to move legislation forward. He plans to secure his legacy with ambitious job bills, America Works, but the Democratic Congress leadership refuses to support him; they also told him that they would not support him if he sought the presidential nomination in the next election. He nominated Claire to the US ambassador to the United Nations, but his candidacy was defeated after he made a mistake during the Senate nominating hearing.
Underwood announced that he would not run for re-election, and advocated for America Works, which he would pay by abolishing the rights programs. He failed to get the bill through Congress and used that as an excuse to renege on his promise not to run in 2016. Public Defender Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel) announces that he will look for the presidential nomination, and actually give Underwood a battle. Underwood convinces Sharp to marry so he can announce his candidacy, as the only reason weakens the female voice of Dunbar, at which point he will withdraw and accept the nomination for the VP. After the presidential debate, where Underwood publicly embarrassed Sharp to pursue Dunbar, Sharp retaliated by supporting Dunbar's campaign. In the end, however, Underwood won the Iowa caucus.
Meanwhile, the Underwoods marriage is shaky. Underwood gave Claire the job of the ambassador in the recession lift, but he was forced to resign to resolve the diplomatic crisis. Claire began to wonder if she still loved her husband, and they were involved in a bad fight where she told her that she was nothing without her. Season 3 ends with Claire leaving Underwood as she prepares for New Hampshire primary.
Season 4
The Dunbar underground line at the polls, eventually losing New Hampshire primers. Realizing that he needed Claire to win, he persuaded him to return by pledging his support for the congressional district in Texas. However, he pocketed his candidate candidate by endorsing a daughter of political allies, in order for Claire to focus on her campaign. On the first day of South Carolina, Claire responded by arranging two compromise photos for leak: one of Underwood's dads with a Clan, and one of Underwood posing with a Confederate Civil War re-enactor. Underwood concluded that Claire was behind the leak, and confronted her. Claire calmly acknowledges what she is doing, and proposes a proposition: that she runs as her vice president. He angrily rejected the idea.
Lucas Goodwin was released from prison and, taking revenge for Barnes's death, shot Underwood at the campaign, hitting him at heart. He also badly injured Meechum, who managed to kill him before surrendering to his wounds. Underwood was rushed to hospital for immediate surgery, and fell into a coma. It soon found out that he needed a liver transplant. Stamper managed to hit him to the top of the transplant list, and he survived. Once he recovers, he agrees to let Claire become his vice president.
Dunbar came out of the race because of the discovery he had made with Goodwin a few days before Underwood's life efforts. Underwood began planning to maneuver Claire to the VP site and use the NSA to obtain illegal voter information and spy on Republican Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman) candidate. This happened when Underwood and Claire advocated a controversial arms control bill for the sole purpose of creating a highly divisive atmosphere to get rid of a potential mate. During the resulting open convention, Underwood intimidates front-runner, State Secretary Catherine Durant (Jayne Atkinson), to hand over his delegation, and uses public sympathy from Claire's mother's death to ensure she and Claire are nominated.
When American extremists loyal to the terrorist group of the Islamic Khilafah Organization (ICO) kidnapped a suburban family, Underwood allowed Conway to negotiate with them, making his opponent look like a hero - and then released NSA data proving that Conway illegally influenced Congress. Shortly thereafter, however, Underwood was hit with two crises at once: ICO leaders ordered his followers to kill one of the hostages, while journalist Tom Hammerschmidt (Boris McGiver) exposed Underwood's crime at the Washington Herald. Facing disgrace and possible impeachment, Underwood decides to declare war on ICO and allows the public to see dead hostages to divert attention from scandals and create an atmosphere of widespread fear that he and Claire can exploit in the weeks before the election.
Season 5
In the days before the election, Underwood encouraged Congress to formally declare war on the ICO, and ordered the CIA to kill one of the terrorists and make it look like he had escaped from the arrest. Underwood still lags behind in polls, however, and on election night it seems he will lose to Conway. With the help of Stamper and campaign strategist LeAnn Harvey (Neve Campbell), Underwood has NSA contractor Aidan Macallan (Damian Young) rolling out cyber attacks at multiple polling stations. He also used the fear of possible terrorist attacks to pressure the governors of Tennessee and Ohio to stop voting. Tactics work; both countries refused to declare the winner, and elections dragged on unfinished for several weeks.
The presidency will ultimately be determined by the contingent elections in the House. Neither Underwood nor Conway received sufficient votes, however, so Underwood appointed Claire Acting President until the House voted again. Underwood tried to convince Arizona Congressman Alex Romero (James Martinez) to vote in favor of him, but when Underwood refused to help him with his own agenda, Romero formed a committee to indict him.
The Underwoods extorted influential Conway campaign manager Mark Usher (Campbell Scott) to join their party by threatening to release a recording of Conway that scolded a pilot and his partner, Ted Brockhart (Colm Feore) who threatened to kill Frank. After Usher started working for them, they released the tape, which cost Conway the election. Underwood is now the elected President, but his past once again came to haunt him when Hammerschmidt wrote a story that linked him to Barnes's death.
As the Romero committee intensifies its investigation, Underwood tries to distract the public by ordering troops into Syria under the pretext of preventing terrorist attacks. This provoked Durant to testify against him; before he could take a position, however, Underwood pushed him down the stairs, paralyzing him. When Walker testified to Underwood's role in Chinese money laundering, Underwood took a stand in his own defense and made the committee stun by resigning as president. When Claire demanded an explanation, Underwood revealed that his resignation was part of a plan to ensure that they controlled the country for years to come: Claire from the White House, she is from the private sector. To tie the loose end, he kills Macallan and Harvey, and persuades Stamper to "confess" to kill Barnes.
In order to plan Underwood to work, however, Claire had to forgive him and Stamper, which would undermine his credibility with the public. Claire promised her that she would grant forgiveness, but did not mention them during her first speech to the nation as president. Angry, Underwood summoned him several times, but every time he got voicemail, causing him to worry that he had left him. He broke the fourth wall and said, "If he does not forgive me I will kill him."
Critical responses
Season 1
The New York Times David Itzkoff calls Underwood a "sly politician" who does "some of the most pernicious and cunning things imaginable". Brian Stelter from The New York Times says Underwood "... is looking for the same power of tension with anything on television." New York Daily News of critics Don Kaplan says, "... cheating Congressman Frank Underwood, easily becoming one of the most complex antiheroes on TV - unless he's not on TV". David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle described the character as a person who "drooled over the opportunity to use his great power to gain more power, especially if it involves pulling the carpet out from under a few peers and wool on top the eyes of others. "
Andrew Davies, the producer of the original British TV series, felt that Underwood did not have the "charm" of the original character, Francis Urquhart.
The Independent hailed Spacey's photoshoot as a more "threatening" character, "hides his anger behind southern charm and ancient manners," while The New Republic notes that "When Urquhart spoke to the audience, it's partly in the spirit of conspiratorial pleasure, the Asides being triggered by intelligence, not just fighting nonstop, he consoled himself, mocking his absurdities, no arrogance about Spacey's Frank Underwood, just numbness, ambition like a machine. for his wife is a calculation. "
Poniewozik praised Underwood's accent, saying, "Spacey gives a fine Southern accent, you can pour the crushed ice and sip with a mint on Derby Day." Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal described the accent as "a mild but sometimes lost Carolina accent". Time lists Frank Underwood among the 11 most influential fictional characters in 2013.
Season 2
According to Star of Kansas City Star Smith, "Frank has not changed, and has no brand of Machiavellian political theater" and "Spacey has lost nothing that smarmy magnetism as a cartoon-ish criminal". According to Brian Lowry, "the striking show of Kevin Spacey as an unscrupulous politician" was the most prominent among the show's strengths, but the event's weakness was "the failure to present the cunning of the protagonist with matching enemies ". Lowry feels that just as cunningly as Underwood, there is no denying that "no one else in a city is built on the power that seems to be very adept at recognizing this or against it". Goodman says "Spacey is nothing if not always magnetic". The delayed use of the fourth wall is considered as smart. Alison Willmore of Indiewire says that "Unlike Walter White or Tony Soprano, Frank feels at peace with his cruel pragmatism and what he does in pursuit of power, and reminds us of the facts next to him to the camera... he may be a cruel sociopath, but there is something to admire there ". But Willmore noted that Frank became lighter in season 2 noting that the season was "... delivered with more than a wink by Frank than before."
Poniewozik notes that "It's also fun to watch Spacey pumping the moist breath of life into the House of Cards' cold Capitol mound, if only the characters are not so dominant in the neighborhood as well.One of the reasons the series moves can feel so mechanical, so far, none who looked almost in the league. Underwood: not the enemy he directly opposed, or the sad sack that he disguised without them knowing. "Chuck Barney of San Jose Mercury News noted that the preview episode shows that" Frank's Survivor "-like a back-stabbing began to feel a bit repetitive. "and his lack of perseverance becomes a problem:"... everything always seems right in its place. Even his battle with the president (Michel Gill) comes as one side... "Verne Gay of Newsday notes that" Frank Underwood has no regrets, no superannuated feeling of Washington tradition or politeness, and certainly not there is a second thought. He is the perfect monster on TV today - a complete malefactor, with a delightful honey bent accent. "
Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times said: "By placing the Johnsonesque power brokers and masterful experts who use the behind-the-scenes comparative influence, the House of Cards gives command and purpose for what, in real life, too often just a dead end, an endless tick-tack-toe bend. "EPRPR from NPR said Underwood" combines velvet charm and dazzling threats like no other characters on television ".
New York Observer critic Drew Grant notes that although the series aired during the golden age of the dramatic antiheroes, Underwood's crime has become stale: "House of Cards is a good reminder, however, that there is a reason Iago is not a center Othello Tireless and inexplicable crime can be like a constant good. "
Spacey's photoshoot is not without critics: hitfix reviewer Alan Sepinwall accused him of "silencing him" and "calling him on a not-so-good event to start".
Season 3
Reviews for season 3 of House of Cards are mostly positive. However, some critics find the character of Underwood to be repetitive: a critical consensus on the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes states that, "Season three introduces a new and exciting political and personal element to the character of Frank Underwood, even if it feels more like the same. " Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph wrote, "Everyone in the House of Cards has an agenda - the secret of a twitch in the attic, the sensation, and the horror, perhaps lies in the extent to which we capture the reflection of real life in its dark contours and cool. "
Some critics argue that Underwood's character is less attractive as he reaches his goal of becoming president and actually has to govern. "You can take the show seriously only so long as you do not have to take it seriously, as long as it only happens in the world of fantasy imaginary dreams," writes Aaron Bady of The New Republic, comparing Underwood with Josiah Bartlett from < i> The West Wing . "But when the cartoon became president, it was starting to look too fake to be real, but too real to be a cartoon.Frank played the role of President Bartlett, a cartoon president doing the real things, in fact, being such a great" But Bartlett is too good to be true, and old Frank is too evil to be true. President Underwood is too boring to be a fantasy, and so the props become the center of attention. "
Critics continue to praise Spacey's performance. Don Kaplan of The New York Daily News wrote, "Underwood's unfounded interest in dark dealing makes Spacey so disgusting, but you can not help but keep the bad guys to win."
Season 4
In season 4, Jacob Solworthy wrote in his comment on the first six episodes of the fourth season: "To date, the House of Cards has centered on the expression of external character's character - not to mention his hunger for it - but the author has cleverly removed it, but focuses on the internal fear of the character in a way that is no different from Tony's dream sequence in 'The Sopranos', "he later added," You will never have to rooted for Frank more than you did at the end of these six episodes. "
On the other hand, Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter criticized Spacey's performance, writes: "Spacey's appearance, which has at least an exciting theater fantasy when the series begins, has become less fun.After reaching a peak, there is no the way to take root for Frank to fight again, if you ever existed, but the House of Cards has not been committed to urge us to support Frank's downfall. "
There is also a mention of the evolution of Underwood's relationship with Claire. "The partnership of the heirs has turned into an entirely professional practice, with a shared desire for power has replaced the more conventional marriage bonds," Brian Lowry wrote of Variety . Spencer Kornhaber commented, however, that the cruelty displayed by Underwoods at the end of the season may have represented a "leap-jump" moment for the series:
The Underwoods have killed a politician and a journalist, and some innocent people have also suffered additional damage to their activities. But now, they have set out to maintain their power at the expense of mass casualties. Netflix has not said how many seasons to come, but it's hard to imagine the show being watched for all the longer ones now that the rubicon of despicability has been traversed.
Some people compare the storyline of Underwood in season 4 with the US presidential election of 2016. Brian Moyland of The Guardian writes:
The House of Cards never felt like a real presidency: Frank Underwood was an evil incarnation, bumping into junior congressmen and pushing journalists in front of the train. But now, in real life, we are in the throes of a strange presidential election, the intrigue begins to look almost worthy. There are some parallels between Underwood's re-election campaign and the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders.
Awards and nominations
At the 3rd Critics Television Awards, Spacey was nominated as Best Actor in Drama Series for his portrayal of Underwood.
On July 18, 2013, Netflix earned the first Emmy PrimeTime Prize nomination for the only original online web television for the 65th Emmy Primetime Prize. Three of its web series, Arrested Development , Hemlock Grove , and House of Cards , are nominated. For the first time, three Primetime Emmy nominations for the lead role came from the television web series: Best Actor in Spacey Drama for Spacey for his role as Frank Underwood, Best Actress in Drama Series for Robin Wright for his role as Claire Underwood, and Principal Actor in Serial Comedy for Jason Bateman for his role as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development. Spacey submits "Chapter 1" to be considered for nomination. Spacey also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a TV Drama Series and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Extraordinary Appearance by Male Actor in Drama Series nominations.
In the second season, Spacey won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in the Television Drama Series at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and Performance Actor Screen Actors Guild by Male Actor in Drama Series at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a nomination for the Emmy Primetime Award for Main Actor Awarded in Drama Series at the 66th Emmy Primetime Awards and Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding nomination by Ensemble in Drama Series.
In season 3, Spacey was nominated for an Emmy Primetime Award for Leading Actor in the Drama Series at the 67th Emmy Awards Awards, her third nomination for the role. She was also nominated for both Extraordinary Performance by Male Actor in Drama Series and Extraordinary Performance by Ensemble in the Drama Series at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For her performance in season 4, Spacey won a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 68th Emmy Primetime Awards. For her performance in season 5, Spacey received her fifth consecutive PrimeMime Emmy Award for Leading Actor in the Drama Series nomination for the 69th Emmy Awards Awards.
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