IN 2013, FIVE years before several men accuse Kevin Spacey of sexual assault, millions of Americans binge Netflix’s House of Cards. A particular moment sticks with me, wherein Spacey speaks directly to the camera and quotes Oscar Wilde: “Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.” Spacey isn’t speaking as himself but as the (murderous bisexual) character of Frank Underwood—it’s as if to say, “I’m not a creepy old man, but I play one on TV.”
