Abrahams cussing

[Mike B.]

(12-11-2012 11:13 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Laurie, I appreciate your opinion on this subject.
As we all know, just because its in a movie doesn't make it true. The people that made the movie also wanted to make money, so if they take a few liberties to spice up the story, we need to recognize this and cut them some slack. (even though they really didn't need to)

I do appreciate all the comments the movie has generated, and hopefully it will increase the desire for more people to learn about a great man, and take the positive lessons we can learn from him to make our own lives, and those around us, better.

FWIW,
I can only say what I have heard from others. Many of my Civil War buff friends and others who aren't have seent the film and not one complained about the language in the film. I have heard rave reviews from just about everyone. As far as I recall, Lincoln doesn't say the "f" word in the film. The James Spader character says it after he has a gun drawn on him and maybe elsewhere. That scene is played more for laughs than anything, as it got a loud guffaw from the audience in the theatre I was in.

(On another point, since he was so much in the film, the real Thad Stevens was supposedly a guy who could swear a blue streak when he got angry, which was frequently.)