Comments on: Studio Macbeth Brought Lincoln Back to Life http://www.lincolnstudies.com/archives/454 Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:42:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Larry Tagg http://www.lincolnstudies.com/archives/454/comment-page-1#comment-6552 Larry Tagg Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:27:58 +0000 http://www.lincolnstudies.com/?p=454#comment-6552 With regard to the animators at Studio Macbeth, Abraham Lincoln's face is great, but only so long as it remains immobile, like the pictures. However, if they had done some reading, they would have read testimony from the many people who commented on how elastic and mobile his face was, particularly when telling a funny story. The walk, too, would have been helped immeasurably by some reading. Lincoln was one of the most awkward men some of the Washington men had ever seen, according to their testimony. Particularly his walk: he was slightly pigeon-toed, and put his whole foot down at once, rather than the normal heel-to-toe action, so that he had a "clodhopper" gait, with no ease of motion. THAT I would like to see. By the way, I go to great lengths to collect the remarks on Lincoln's appearance and awkward ways in my book, _The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln_, coming out in May. Larry Tagg With regard to the animators at Studio Macbeth, Abraham Lincoln’s face is great, but only so long as it remains immobile, like the pictures. However, if they had done some reading, they would have read testimony from the many people who commented on how elastic and mobile his face was, particularly when telling a funny story.
The walk, too, would have been helped immeasurably by some reading. Lincoln was one of the most awkward men some of the Washington men had ever seen, according to their testimony. Particularly his walk: he was slightly pigeon-toed, and put his whole foot down at once, rather than the normal heel-to-toe action, so that he had a “clodhopper” gait, with no ease of motion. THAT I would like to see.
By the way, I go to great lengths to collect the remarks on Lincoln’s appearance and awkward ways in my book, _The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln_, coming out in May.

Larry Tagg

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