The hunt for the president’s assassin is a riveting story – at least on paper. While visually gorgeous, this drama is poorly-attuned to our modern, fleeting attention spans
, the magical realist winner of the Booker Prize that explored the president’s grief following the death of his son. I half-expected Lincoln to pop up in the next Marvel movie.
In the event, Lincoln-mania dwindled as quickly as it had arrived and has laid dormant ever since. Perhaps that will change with Apple TV+’s new dramaIt’s a riveting story – at least on paper. Lincoln has only just brought peace to a fractured nation and is looking forward to a night at the theatre with his wife when vainglorious actor Booth jumps into his private box and attacks the Commander-in-Chief.
Even the scene in which Booth kills the president at Ford’s Theatre feels bloodless and underwhelming. It is also confusing. Dim lighting makes it hard to make out whether the assailant has viciously attacked the president or just bear-hugged him. Lincoln’s death inflicted a psychological scar to America that remains painful to this day but, inWith Lincoln felled, it falls to his devoted war secretary, Edwin Stanton , to track down the killer.
Stanton only looks mildly peeved at the suggestion. But he doesn’t have anything of substance to say – a response that perfectly illustrates the great weakness of. It’s a skilfully put together drama yet its po-facedness and glum pacing makes for lacklustre viewing. Given the raw materials – political skulduggery, weird hats, magnificent mutton chops –
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