Needless to say, the most recent
Steven Spielberg movie, Lincoln,
has been critically acclaimed and has been nominated for numerous awards.
However, all the positive hype incites a great amount of criticism about the
movie as well. More specifically, many historians have come forward to debate
the historical accuracy of the depiction of Lincoln.
Some of the largest critiques have included that the film makes the role of
African Americans disproportionately minimal, that there is no record that
Lincoln hit his son, and that the secret Union-Confederate summit was too
greatly emphasized.
Yet, this author asserts that the new
Lincoln movie, which is a PBS special that airs on Tuesday, will be more
accurate. I have not heard much hype about this publication, but it will be
interesting nonetheless to see. Of course, Spielberg emphasizes that his film
is an artistic depiction, not a documentary, and the PBS film is intended to be
a documentary as a summation of research on racial relations during the
mid-nineteenth century. So, in a way, these two media projects cannot be easily
compared. As a Civil War enthusiast, I personally am just happy in the sheer
amount of media that is being made to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
Civil War!
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