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Wysłany: Sob 14:31, 03 Sie 2013 Temat postu: Fact-Checking 'Lincoln'- Lincoln's Mostly Realisti |
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and when leaders begin to think that way, they either become very frightening or other-worldly. Day-Lewis gets that, too.Every good story needs an antihero. Lincoln also follows the motives and machinations of Thaddeus Stevens,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the stern, steely eyed chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, a position that in the 19th century doubled as House Majority Leader. He was "the dictator of the house"—a zealot in the cause of freedom and racial equality. Brilliant, sharp-tongued, and tremendously intimidating to friend and foe alike. In life, Stevens had little patience for Lincoln, whom he viewed as a temporizing moderate. In Spielberg's movie, he is the president's sworn enemy, cautiously willing to drop his armor and work with the president to abolish slavery.Tommy Lee Jones captures Stevens's spirit well. Unfortunately, Kushner's writing leaves the part flat. In the film, Stevens deploys clever ad hominem attacks to smack down his opponents; in life, he never needed to resort to cheap shots, for he was
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