Movies I Should Be Interested In

'The Conspirator,' directed by Robert Redford, stars Robin Wright as Mary Surrat—the woman charged as an accomplice in Lincoln's assassination

...but I'm not. I'm sorry Mary Surrat got a bum deal. I'm a lot sorrier that the assassination of Lincoln by white supremacists ushered in arguably the most undemocratic eras in American history. That's not very fair. But I have my limits. As the 150th anniversary rolls upon us, expect Hollywood to continue to endorse a narrative of Confederate victim-hood. I think I'll be capable of more empathy, once see Robert Smalls or Prince Rivers in lights.