Seth MacFarlane
The Family Guy creator knows how to write jokes that work, but his delivery at the 2013 event didn’t work for many. His male-centric humor turned many way, as did one joke in particular. “Daniel Day-Lewis is not the first actor to be nominated for playing Lincoln,” he said. “Raymond Massey portrayed him in 1940’s Abe Lincoln In Illinois. This is true. I would argue, however, that the actor who really got inside Lincoln’s head was John Wilkes Booth.” Many thought that the joke was too much – even decades later.
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