![]() One scene actually depicted Lincoln fantasizing lasciviously about the brawny young male soldiers in the Union army. The show reduced the Great Emancipator of legend to an inept, insensitive, sex-starved dolt. Most of all–before it died a quiet death, the victim of anemic ratings– Desmond Pfeiffer offended admirers of Abraham Lincoln. The Secret Life of Desmond Pfeiffer offended just about everyone: critics, for what one called ‘jaw dropping witlessness African Americans, for making a joke of slavery feminists, for portraying Hillary Clinton as a sexual predator and supporters of her husband, for transparently satirizing his problems with affairs, apologies, and grand juries. It now seems a distant memory, but in October 1998 a situation comedy set in the Civil War White House premiered on national television and promptly ignited a firestorm of outrage. ![]()
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