Newsbusters NBC: 'No Coincidence' Lincoln Film Debuts After Obama Re-Election "Eager to draw a comparison between Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln during a report for Saturday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Kevin Tibbles observed of the new film about the nation's 16th president: "No coincidence, perhaps, the film opens the week America's 21st century President won re-election in difficult times fraught with partisan bickering. Times in which many ask, what would Lincoln do?" "
...."On Monday, MSNBC host Chris Jansing made a more blatant comparison between the current and past presidents: "But I don't know that even he could have predicted that at this moment when it's being released, there were these parallels, that you have a president who is newly elected, who faces a divided Congress and a divided country." "
"MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: Well, in Lincoln you had a president who was very eager to unify the country..." Stop right there! No way does Obama care to unite this country and does not deserve to be mentioned in the same paragraph with President Lincoln.
While we're on the subject of Lincoln; Day-Lewis Finds his Voice as Spielberg's 'Lincoln' "Day-Lewis, who plays the 16th president in Steven Spielberg's epic film biography "Lincoln," which goes into wide release this weekend, settled on a higher, softer voice, saying it's more true to descriptions of how the man actually spoke.
...."Much of his pickiness stems from a need to understand characters intimately enough to feel that he's actually living out their experiences.
"The soft, reedy voice of his Lincoln grew out of that preparation."
The Smithsonian agrees with Lewis "“Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher,” says Holzer. It would be a mistake to say that his voice was squeaky though. “People said that his voice carried into crowds beautifully. Just because the tone was high doesn’t mean it wasn’t far-reaching,” he says."
“Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher,” says Holzer. It would be a mistake to say that his voice was squeaky though. “People said that his voice carried into crowds beautifully. Just because the tone was high doesn’t mean it wasn’t far-reaching,” he says.
See this unusual video depicting from research how lincoln sounded when speaking: Comments to this video and the depiction of Abraham Lincoln's high-pitched voice:
...."On Monday, MSNBC host Chris Jansing made a more blatant comparison between the current and past presidents: "But I don't know that even he could have predicted that at this moment when it's being released, there were these parallels, that you have a president who is newly elected, who faces a divided Congress and a divided country." "
"MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: Well, in Lincoln you had a president who was very eager to unify the country..." Stop right there! No way does Obama care to unite this country and does not deserve to be mentioned in the same paragraph with President Lincoln.
...."Much of his pickiness stems from a need to understand characters intimately enough to feel that he's actually living out their experiences.
"The soft, reedy voice of his Lincoln grew out of that preparation."
The Smithsonian agrees with Lewis "“Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher,” says Holzer. It would be a mistake to say that his voice was squeaky though. “People said that his voice carried into crowds beautifully. Just because the tone was high doesn’t mean it wasn’t far-reaching,” he says."
“Lincoln’s voice, as far as period descriptions go, was a little shriller, a little higher,” says Holzer. It would be a mistake to say that his voice was squeaky though. “People said that his voice carried into crowds beautifully. Just because the tone was high doesn’t mean it wasn’t far-reaching,” he says.
See this unusual video depicting from research how lincoln sounded when speaking: Comments to this video and the depiction of Abraham Lincoln's high-pitched voice:
'Tis indeed true that Lincoln had a high-pitched, shrill voice. Having said that, I'm not sure why this clip also has him sounding like he pulled out all his teeth before swallowing a microphone plugged into a Marshall guitar amp.Watch the trailer for the film.
For the folks who feel "creeped out" by this recording or doubt that Lincoln would have been elected with a voice like this, please remember that this was a different time where presidents were elected differently and based upon totally different criteria. Although this might be close to what we expect Lincoln to sound like based on the technology we have today, this should not detract what we think of him as our greatest president.
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