Get the greatest American hero down from the monument and let the past dialogue with the present. Such is the intention of Lincoln’s Dilemma, the documentary series that has just released Apple TV +. “Everyone takes what they want from him. He is, by popular proclamation, the greatest president in our history. He has statues of him everywhere and he is so intangible so everyone uses him for his own purposes. Our goal was to stop seeing him as a piece of stone and rethink him as someone very complicated who was crucial in an equally complex era, ”Josh Tyrangiel, the executive producer of him, tells Page 12.
The dilemma that the title refers to, obviously, is the abolition of slavery during the American Civil War. Its four episodes stand out for the journalistic investigation, the voice of historians with diverse opinions and an aesthetic commitment that gives the sensation of seeing daguerreotypes in movement. “There are about a hundred frames of Lincoln and we know them all here, so to commit to what we have, we had to bring it to life from another place,” explains the head of it. To this animation is added the voice of renowned actors such as Jeffrey Wright and Bill Camp, in the narration and Lincoln, respectively.
Another noteworthy aspect is the recovery of vignettes and illustrations at the time when viscerality ruled the media. “In the United States we talk a lot about our culture of insult. About how something can be analyzed in a mean, ugly and harsh way. But suddenly you find yourself with what was done then and you notice that they went straight to the bone. They had no personal bond, if they saw a weakness they attacked it terribly. It is very striking how emaciated they were, ”says the journalist and reference for the Vice media outlet.
Lincoln’s Dilemma, then, is dedicated to exploring his presidency in a specular way with the contemporary. He begins and ends with the recognizable image of the sculpture of the 16th Mandatory in Washington. A few meters from the monument that shows him sitting and stern, the riots of the takeover of the White House by followers of Donald Trump take place. “We live in an era of a lot of political division, all over the world, and I think it is because we do not analyze the past as much. We have been thus divided in our opinions and readings. We have been just as emotional and cruel with our opinions. Civilization may be this divided, but what kind of leader does it take to get through such a tumultuous period? What flexibility should the population have? where do you leave your principles and start negotiating? How do we get out of this bind? It makes no sense to pretend that we are not, the series then aims to make the audience reflect in the same way that Lincoln did, ”explains Tyrangiel.
Scheduled
* This Tuesday at 10:30 p.m., Universal will premiere Coyote, drama set on the border between Mexico and the United States. Its protagonist is Michael Chiklis (The Shield and Gotham), who plays a patrol agent in that hot zone. Just on his last day of work, a discovery will force him to change his perspective. “It’s fascinating that a fifty-something white man in the United States has all his options taken away from him. It’s not really about following or breaking the law, it’s about the mitigating circumstances that drive characters on both sides of the border.”
* end for Bull. On March 17, A&E will premiere the final season of the courtroom drama starring Michael Weatherly. The man in the title is a psychologist who assists suspects in complex court cases. The hallmark of the proposal was to be located in the back room of the jury, the manipulation of the truth, the power of the image and non-verbal communication. 22 episodes to fire this intuitive, seductive and Machiavellian expert in human behavior
* Star+ announced the start of filming for world robbery, soccer comedy starring Joaquín Furriel, Benjamín Amadeo and Carla Quevedo plus the participation of Sergio Goycochea, Oscar Ruggeri and Maxi Rodríguez. The Argentine team is out of the World Cup. The answer? A group of losers decides to steal the FIFA Cup.
Character
Leif Erikson de Vikings: Valhalla (Sam Corlett). Man of seas and cold summoned to avenge Viking blood. His target of him? Massacre English. He not only complied with the request but also went a little further. He ended up crossing the Atlantic Ocean and reaching the shores of Greenland nearly half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
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