Abrahams cussing

[My Name Is Kate]

I totally agree that all possible facts, both good and bad, should be made known about any important historical figure. There's nothing I hate more than a biased, lopsided, mythical portrait of someone.

But why so much cussing? Why the dirty jokes? Maybe it is true that Lincoln cursed and told dirty jokes. In fact, I don't doubt it. But in a movie that was about such a limited segment of Lincoln's life, and about something as important as getting the Thirteenth Amendment passed, it seemed to me that the cussing and dirty jokes was a distraction, and not a good one. Those kind of things would be appropriate in a long biography about Lincoln's whole life, including his upbringing, education, etc. I'm sure the cussing and the dirty jokes were a tension-reliever for Lincoln. But it's kind of like if they had included a scene of Lincoln using the potty. We all know he did it, but why mention it?