I wrote it about you earlier this year. I hope you enjoy it and take it in the spirit in which it was intended.
http://jerryzezima.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-stevens.html
Oh, shut up. It's 10 seconds of artistic license in a 150 minute movie. Demanding he take the time and money to reshoot it is insane, and the comparing it to making the characters drive BWMs in the 1800s is false equivalence writ large.
And yeah, I get that you're trying to be funny. Doesn't change a thing.
I find Oscar Bait infinitely more interesting than ticket bait
Thanks for your reply, MrX2848, but I respectfully disagree. First of all, I didn't demand that Spielberg reshoot the scene. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd suggested that the scene be reshot. Until now, nobody has ever confused me with her.
More to the point, when "Lincoln" came out, Spielberg bragged about how accurate it was, even down to the ticking of Lincoln's pocket watch. But when Rep. Joe Courtney blew the whistle on him and his intentional misrepresentation of the Connecticut delegation's vote, Spielberg never said another word. Instead, he had Kushner respond, which was a terrible idea since Kushner, a talented writer but a raging egotist, only made things worse with his sarcastic, self-serving comments. No wonder he, Spielberg and the film itself didn't win Oscars.
The really maddening thing is that getting the Connecticut vote wrong served no purpose. In fact, the first two votes cast were nays by delegates from Illinois, Lincoln's own state. There was the drama right there. Even I know that. Heck, Spielberg could have started the roll call with any state that actually voted against the 13th Amendment. Or, since he went in alphabetical order (which isn't what happened, either), he should have started with California.
Now the film is being shown in schools, leading students to believe that Connecticut voted to uphold slavery. It's sadly ironic because a high school filmmaking class wouldn't have made that mistake. But then, that's Hollywood for you.
No wonder he, Spielberg and the film itself didn't win Oscars.
Um... it won two Academy Awards: Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, and Best Production Design.
I also find it curious that you seem to have been obsessively posting about this issue on IMDB for a good 3 or 4 years now. I've noticed you complain about it on one message board after another. I think it's safe to say that Spielberg doesn't care at this point.
Seriously. It's old news. You're better off complaining about the inaccuracies of Bridge of Spies at this point. Not that he'll care about that, either.