Because the skirt ends above the knees, it is still possible to take a stride in it. For one, activities outside this narrow pursuit ended. She had no life outside the White House and no hobbies, job or interests. The man she loved, and to whom she confessed her deepest secrets, she knocked off.
No friends came to dinner and there was no laughing or crying, and she no longer sweated in front of an open freezer. She never left the White House itself — except to murder. Although she was large and in charge, her world had narrowed.
In many ways, she was weaker: isolated, friendless, loverless, and dependent on two people with their own political agendas. She was therefore more vulnerable to the vagaries of politics and less secure in her position and status. On the one hand, she had everything that she -and many many people- wanted. She was someone many people wanted to be.
On the other hand, she suffered as a result and lived a life few of us would necessarily choose. How best to show us the contradictions of this transformation?
What best symbolizes her new power but also the price she has paid for it? It changed to reflect her new reality. Her business suits went from functional to fetish. Her shoes became a tottering 5 inches that she never took off, regardless of the pile on the carpet or the hour of the night.
She could walk, but only cautiously and after only a few steps, only with pain. Check out her inauguration gown as the first elected female Vice President of the United States, her only elected position ever. Like all her clothing, it was a gorgeous creation that looked stunning on her.
This off-the-shoulder white gown with a very short train granted her like all floor-length white gowns a touch of innocence. The beginning of this House Of Cards episode is brilliant. We witness the set-up of the Oval Office for a political ceremony, cut with scenes from the set-up of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Both are fundamentally the same: placing of chairs in straight lines vs. It's interesting to think of politics as a vice, or something you can't shake. Our Frank is an unabashed politics addict. To quote Intervention : "Frank, your addiction has affected these people's lives negatively in the following ways At the ceremony and throughout this episode, we're brought closer to the vice-president, Jim Matthews, a spineless, rather pathetic man who cares more about where he'll appear on camera than the actual issues at hand.
It's funny watching Frank watching him, since we're fully aware of how much Frank is running things, and how inconsequential Jim is. Interesting, too, how close Frank is in position to the President in terms of camera marks.
Little tape Xs never meant so much before, did they? Frank gets a presidential pen, which seems to be the big prize at this ceremony despite all the over-the-top pageantry. To compare, the gift given at AA meetings is life, a much more serious prize. Jim doesn't get a pen, and he spends the episode whining about it like a little boy: "I didn't get my pen. Speaking of which, Zoe and Frank haven't seen each other in three weeks not sure what's going on there , Stamper receives a blackmailing letter from that hooker Rachel he bribed to keep quiet about Peter, and Claire has started up a project at CWI the Delaware watershed bill for Peter, at Frank's insistence.
So Frank's and Claire's, but who's counting basement is reverted into a campaign center for Peter, as he prepares to run for Pennsylvania governor, replacing Jim, who vacated the seat to become VP. Poor Peter has to go through the ringer as well. Let's not forget this man is just about the most sinful, vice-laden man of all time, and he's trying to enter big-game politics.
Secrets become explosive if not handled carefully, so Frank enlists someone to quiz the living shit out of Peter about every single bad thing he's ever done. Hookers, drugs, sexually transmitted infections, the whole nine. Peter loses it and exasperatingly leaves the room, and Frank has to talk him down yet again and convince him to stay in the game.
Of course, he acquiesces. After this cleansing confessional, it's almost as if Peter achieves a higher clarity. Unlike Frank, Jamie did end up moving on when he and Claire were separated. So is Claire aware of the fact that Peter was murdered by Frank? Most probably, yes.
In season 5, Frank Underwood pushed Secretary of State Durant down a flight of stairs, but Cathy miraculously survived. In the first two seasons, the audience watches in horror as Frank becomes increasingly evil and increasingly powerful.
He is a master manipulator, able to bend people to his will using bribery, coercion, and force. These are commonly used to represent Easter in digital communication, and may be referred to as Easter emoji.
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