Sluggish new series ‘Manhunt’ tracks Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth
nypost.comApple TV+ drama premiering March 15 and starring Tobias Menzies as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s confidant who led the search for his killer.
It’s adapted from James L. Swanson’s book, “Manhunt: the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer.” What “Manhunt” does well is to contextualize Lincoln’s (Hamish Linklater) assassination within the framework of what the US was experiencing in 1865 — the end of the Civil War, Reconstruction and strong emotions on both sides of the Mason/Dixon line.
In short, the country was still torn apart — and healing the breach would not be easy as witnessed by the slain president.Toward that end, the arc of “Manhunt” flashes back and forth in time, both prior to Lincoln’s death — where he shares his feelings with Stanton over what course to chart as the country moves forward — and after his murder and the failed assassination attempt on Secretary of State William H.
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