tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post4800322335324346284..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: How to Generate an Idea, Addendum: Ask “What If It’s All True?”Matt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-76622506118138931342022-06-11T02:19:50.000-04:002022-06-11T02:19:50.000-04:00This one may work, will try it out today.
I also l...This one may work, will try it out today.<br />I also like the idea of word association mind maps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-43855045782969006572015-03-19T20:08:05.903-04:002015-03-19T20:08:05.903-04:00I believe the show is acceptable to highly politic...I believe the show is acceptable to highly political left-wing viewers in that up until season three (no spoilers) the majority of legislation Underwood advances is conservative or at least somewhat in the middle of political thought. So he's evil, promoting evil things...<br /><br />If I had to bet money I am guessing the creator originally had him as a Republican, then decided it would be too on the nose. But the Clinton idea seems plausible as well. <br /><br />I enjoy the show mainly because it doesn't spend too much time on the ideology, but just shows Frank being despicable with impressive effectiveness.MCPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-27939174698018770392015-03-18T10:41:20.180-04:002015-03-18T10:41:20.180-04:00Yeah, to a certain extent that there's a sense...Yeah, to a certain extent that there's a sense of "Well, none of these accusations stuck, and it was so long ago that it's just water under the bridge now and we can all laugh about it."Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-19967738637114318082015-03-18T08:24:58.786-04:002015-03-18T08:24:58.786-04:00Maybe part of the way you can get away with this s...Maybe part of the way you can get away with this sort of thing is by keeping it as a "what if" story. Don't hammer on how it's ALL REALLY TRUE and the movie is RIPPING THE LID OFF OF THE SCANDALS and so forth. As long as it's clearly fictional and doesn't attempt to MAKE A POINT regarding the real world, it's okay.<br /><br />Like a 9/11 truther movie might work as long as the movie was agnostic about the actual backstory of the attacks. Maybe. That one seems too significant.<br /><br />Maybe that's another factor - the Clintons essentially "won." Bill was acquitted during the impeachment proceedings, Hillary became a senator and Secretary of State, his approval ratings were fine, and nobody died because of all of this malarkey. Retelling their story as a "what if they really were what their enemies said" isn't disrespecting anyone's important memories. HoC isn't kicking a couple that's down. <br /><br />It's a little weird that Willimon has any real political ties. The show has <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/08/house-of-cards-is-the-worst-show-about-american-politics-ever/" rel="nofollow">little relation to American politics as it exists in reality.</a> I'd think that a more accurate version of political struggles would have strengthened the show. Ah, well.Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-8350420456513909292015-03-18T01:52:30.599-04:002015-03-18T01:52:30.599-04:00It's funny, but the Clinton parallel -- which ...It's funny, but the Clinton parallel -- which seems so obvious and accurate now -- never once occurred to me before reading this post. And I suppose that it was because the Clintons, for all of their many faults, seem to actually have an agenda that they sincerely believe advances the best interests of the country. You're right to say that Frank's lacking that. He's also, unfortunately, lacking anything like the formidable opposition the Clintons have also had chomping at the bit to undermine them for their entire political life. If Frank and Clarie had even half of Bill and Hilary's policy wishlist, they'd have gotten all of it done by now and moved on to even better things. The fact that every machination comes so easily to Frank only makes me wonder why he's in politics at all when he could really be making far more money doing the same kind of valueless, amoral, backstabbing ladder-climbing, relentless pursuit of power in a business arena.j.s.noreply@blogger.com