Lincoln

Like everyone else on the planet I can't wait to see Lincoln, though watching the trailer cracks me up because it's another case of us for some reason assuming we know what someone famous sounded like in the days before recording devices. We always assume Lincoln spoke with a somber, sonarous voice - what if he had a voice like Joey Lauren Adams? And yes, you're correct in remembering this beyond brilliant riff from, ta-DA! Moi!

I had never watched it before, but the other day I stumbled onto about 10 minutes of the HBO show Rome. Some dude's yapping with his girl, and all of a sudden I'm like... is that a pseudo British accent? Hmm, I think, is that how Romans spoke? Lilting British accents? Then it occurs to me...how would we possibly have any idea how the acient Romans spoke? Are there tapes laying around; did we find an old version of YovTvbe? I mean, for all we know the Romans shouted at each other at the top of their lungs "HI REMUS HOW ARE YOU!!!" "JULIUS I AM FINE!!!! YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD!!" Or maybe like Buford Pusser. "Et tu, Brutus? Aw heck, giton outta heya now boy, I'm fixin' a die!!"

So then who's the wizard deciding "you know, I bet...MORE HERE.