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TV: House of Cards, still somewhere in season 1

A second time trying to watch it and again having trouble. This show is actually quite bad. They are trying to mask inferior content, ie story/writing/themes/drama, with prestige and darkness. I'd hesitate to even call the show dark, just ultra cynical and almost its own kind of inversion of sentimentality. Is there a word for this? I suppose it would be the opposite of saccharine -- this totally false darkness that doesn't much bear any resemblance to life as it is lived.  Take away the movie stars and the high production value and you're left with content soap opera producers would find mediocre.

This is what we get from content makers striving for awards and prestige foremost. I'd sell my Netflix stock if owned any.