We watched Lincoln the other night and I kept smelling lefties. Sure enough, at the end of the movie, Spielberg raved about Doris Kearns Goodwin and the great job she did with the Lincoln book on which he drew his film. To my recollection, she is the go-to historian for the lefties I know and she got slapped a while back for plagiarism. The film kept elevating slavery as the sole concern of Lincoln and nearly every other character in the film. From what I understand, for the vast majority, it boiled down to self-determination.
My double question: Have you read her book and what objections did you have to Lincoln’s portrayal in the film?
Yes I read the book, and I thought it was fantastic. I think that Lewis's Oscar for Lincoln was well deserved; his performance was outstanding and was matched by the performances by Spader and Straitharn. But as for the rest of the movie, I thought that the characters were ridiculous. From an historical standpoint, there was a 13th Amendment and it was passed out of the House in January 1865 but the accuracy pretty much ends there. The overwhelming majority of the story is fictionalized BS.