Wade
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I don't know which of you guys are big fans of American Experience but last nights "Murder of a President" about the assassination of James Garfield absolutely blew me away.
First of all I had no idea that Garfield was the man he was, he was more Lincoln than Lincoln and seeing what we are dealt with today makes him more special. Although I was aware that there were all kinds of political machinations back then I didn't realize the extent that Chester Arthur (who was Vice President and took the position of President after Garfield's passing) was unfairly blamed at the time because he was basically a lackey of power hungry NY senator Roscoe Conkling. Garfield's assassin, Charles Guiteau was quite possibly a schizophrenic who felt slighted because he was not given a political appointment he felt he deserved.
What made this AE episode different was that for the most part it was acted out instead of just using archival footage and the acting was exemplary. I was absolutely riveted (and I'm not exaggerating) to the point where I put off my usual multi tasking and gave my full attention to the show.
Catch it in Netflix if it is available by all means.
First of all I had no idea that Garfield was the man he was, he was more Lincoln than Lincoln and seeing what we are dealt with today makes him more special. Although I was aware that there were all kinds of political machinations back then I didn't realize the extent that Chester Arthur (who was Vice President and took the position of President after Garfield's passing) was unfairly blamed at the time because he was basically a lackey of power hungry NY senator Roscoe Conkling. Garfield's assassin, Charles Guiteau was quite possibly a schizophrenic who felt slighted because he was not given a political appointment he felt he deserved.
What made this AE episode different was that for the most part it was acted out instead of just using archival footage and the acting was exemplary. I was absolutely riveted (and I'm not exaggerating) to the point where I put off my usual multi tasking and gave my full attention to the show.
Catch it in Netflix if it is available by all means.
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