[Strangler Lewis]

ISM, next you'll be saying you don't like Shakespearean histories.

Remember, this was a Spielberg/Kushner thing. The film was not about passing the Thirteenth Amendment. It was about the horrors of the Holocaust and Israel's need to stand up to Hamas. It was also about the imminent universal legitimization of gay marriage. That's why the Congressman who accuses Stevens of caving on broad principle was played by a fairly flamboyant actor and why Stevens's quadroon housekeeper lover whom we saw him in bed with was played by a notorious lesbian.

There. You can enjoy it more, now.