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I'm glad you asked. The point is obvious for anyone who has seen the show, and that point is told to us plainly by Spacy (playing Underwood) the moment he looks into the camera and speaks to the watchers of the interview directly, rather than to Tucker.

On the show, every time Underwood looks into the camera and breaks that fourth wall, he tells the unmitigated truth about his feelings and intentions regardless of what he's saying or doing in relation to the other characters in the show. He's a reliable narrator because he has no reason to believe that those of us watching at home, clearly froma different universe than his character exists in, has any power whatsoever to thwart the plans he has, so he has no reason not to be honest. If anything, he revels in the chance to be honest because it's a chance to show us how smart he is and dumb he thinks all the people he deals with on this show who aren't aware of our existence are.

Deadpool is actually this kind of character. The movies don't capture it well it's just used for comic relief, but in the comics, Deadpool is actually aware that he's a comic book character, and he has the same knowledge of other comic book characters, even those not in the DC Universe, that the reader, but not the other DC characters, would be aware of. This allows him to play two games: he can converse with the characters in the comics, but he can tell inside jokes the other characters would never get because he's sharing them with us for our benefit and not for theirs.

When Frank Underwood looks into the camera in this interview and says quite plainly "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see" THAT'S the point. He's being a reliable narrator. He's uttering a critical truth. And the conversation that has swirled around the video ever since its release drives home his point: AI and deep fake technology and sinister political forces around the world (that he, when he's not looking at the camera, represents, as a fork-tongued liar who says whatever he needs to get elected but inwardly is a ravenous wolf--this meta commentary driven even deeper by the fact that Spacy in real life IS in fact a ravenous wolf) have made it so that WE MUST ACTIVATE OUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT TO THE TRUTH.

And wouldn't you know it? That's exactly what this video accomplished. Look at all the comments and questions people have made and asked about it. People can't help it. It seems too strange.

"Is this real?"

"Is this a deep fake?"

"Why would Tucker sit down with Spacy?"

"Why is Spacy talking like that?"

"Is Spacy playing a character or is he really running for President?"

Now, friend, who else that we know of is fond of using this Socratic method to get other people to think critically?

I see this video as a primer of sorts. A "Q-lite" exercise to prime the masses who are yet unfamiliar with Q to start questioning everything they see on TV. It's MASTERFUL.

333 days ago
1 score
Reason: Original

I'm glad you asked. The point is obvious for anyone who has seen the show, and that point is told to us plainly by Spacy (playing Underwood) the moment he looks into the camera and speaks to the watchers of the interview directly, rather than to Tucker.

On the show, every time Underwood looks into the camera and breaks that fourth wall, he tells the unmitigated truth about his feelings and intentions regardless of what he's saying or doing in relation to the other characters in the show. He's a reliable narrator because he has no reason to believe that those of us watching at home, clearly froma different universe than his character exists in, has any power whatsoever to thwart the plans he has, so he has no reason not to be honest. If anything, he revels in the chance to be honest because it's a chance to show us how smart he is and dumb he thinks all the people he deals with on this show who aren't aware of our existence are.

Deadpool is actually this kind of character. The movies don't capture it well it's just used for comic relief, but in the comics, Deadpool is actually aware that he's a comic book character, and he has the same knowledge of other comic book characters, even those not in the DC Universe, that the reader, but not the other DC characters, would be aware of. This allows him to play two games: he can converse with the characters in the comics, but he can tell inside jokes the other characters would never get because he's sharing them with us for our benefit and not for theirs.

When Frank Underwood looks into the camera in this interview and says quite plainly "Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see" THAT'S the point. He's being a reliable narrator. He's uttering a critical truth. And the conversation that has swirled around the video ever since its release drives home his point: AI and deep fake technology and sinister political forces around the world (that he, when he's not looking at the camera, represents, as a fork-tongued liar who says whatever he needs to get elected but inwardly is a ravenous wolf--this meta commentary driven even deeper by the fact that Spacy in real life IS in fact a ravenous wolf) have made it so that WE MUST ACTIVATE OUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGH THE BULLSHIT TO THE TRUTH.

And wouldn't you know it? That's exactly what this video accomplished. Look at all the comments and questions people have made and asked about it. People can't help it. It seems too strange.

"Is this real?"

"Is this a deep fake?"

"Why would Tucker sit down with Spacy?"

"Why is Spacy talking like that?"

"Is Spacy playing a character or is he really running for President?"

Now, friend, who else that we know of is fond of using this Socratic method of getting people to think critically?

I see this video as a primer of sorts. A "Q-lite" exercise to prime the masses who are yet unfamiliar with Q to start questioning everything they see on TV. It's MASTERFUL.

333 days ago
1 score