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In reply to the discussion: Thought-provoking article: "What 'Lincoln' misses and another Civil War film gets right".... [View all]Logical
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Thought-provoking article: "What 'Lincoln' misses and another Civil War film gets right".... [View all]
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
OP
Well, Superman is a fantasy character, so that doesn't bother me as much. With Lincoln, he is
plethoro
Jan 2013
#31
I agree with your first paragraph--not the second. A man born of another country playing an American
plethoro
Jan 2013
#52
If it is your opinion that Natural Born Killers was one the best movies of the 90s, we
plethoro
Jan 2013
#69
What does that have to do with it? Thomas Moore was an English hero in England. Lincoln was an
plethoro
Jan 2013
#49
My fault. I meant Thomas Moore not Thomas Cromwell. I am conversing with Cromwell on
plethoro
Jan 2013
#53
Yes, Thomas Cromwell. That's why I talked about his 'master', ie Henry VIII,
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#54
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, riding through the land. Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, musket in his hand
Bucky
Jan 2013
#82
by the way,Jesus did not look like Brad Pitt. More likely Billy Dee Williams.(Lando, Star Wars)
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#104
Really? You reserve that right? Lol! So, who's funding your movie and when's it coming out?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#108
the real problem is thinking Quentin Tarentino is an artiste'. No, he is not
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#106
So instead of turning to the class and saying, "See, this is what you are supposed to do.
jtuck004
Jan 2013
#45
the historian in the CNN video questions their portrayal of the 13th amendment battle
Enrique
Jan 2013
#32
Abigail received a slave as gift or inheritance. John said no slave will ever live in my house.
jody
Jan 2013
#6
John Adams was a northerner. He did not live from cotton or the other crops of the South.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#42
It appears the growth of a technological economy will divide those with intellectual abilities in
jody
Jan 2013
#58
Are you suggesting that slavery or the master/servant relationship is inevitable in the workplace.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#88
I said nothing about a "master/servant relationship" only the impact of a technological economy.
jody
Jan 2013
#90
Actually, in some human produced disaster, brawn could well be just as important as brains.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#91
Agree re the Acts but it wasn't clear how a president should use the veto. Washington @2, Adams @0,
jody
Jan 2013
#13
I do not believe that a woman who is a slave can truly consent to sex with her master.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#70
Ummm.... yes, I'm speculating. For some reason I never saw the video surveillance footage.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#73
Here's some FACTS that might help you out (along with some contextualizing speculation)
Bucky
Jan 2013
#84
Spielberg's film gives a non human view of Lincoln, I'll tolerate his faults knowing the good...
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#9
Lincoln was a product of his time. We should surprised that he held belief's common to that time.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2013
#27
Yes, I read that Lincoln did not recycle aluminum, tin, paper, glass and cardboard either.
The Midway Rebel
Jan 2013
#29
That Lincoln's views on race prior to becoming president were typical of his time
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#35
I was expecting this to be a comparison to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. n/t
ellisonz
Jan 2013
#48
It was a different time. I do not like the glossing over of Lincoln but the nature of
Lint Head
Jan 2013
#64
I loved "Lincoln". I think any film about an important historical figure is going to provoke a lot
Starry Messenger
Jan 2013
#65
... on January 1, 1864 ... Congressman Isaac Arnold, paid a New Years Day call on Mr. Lincoln.
struggle4progress
Jan 2013
#112
... For the first time in my life, and I suppose the first time in any colored man's life,
struggle4progress
Jan 2013
#114