When you and a friend have to take notes on a documentary for class but you make it a nice time and make tea and faggot cheese. Nothing ever gets done but it's just a nice time.
by faggot cheese maker September 17, 2021

It's a phrase to highlight someone missing the point, purposefully or otherwise. It doesn't matter how good the play was, Mary Todd Lincoln watching her husband and then President of the United States Abraham Lincoln get shot in the head right beside her overshadows everything. It could have been the best acting ever but that's not what she was focusing on or what she'll remember.
In reference to the Aurora shootings
Person 1: "Oh my God, that's awful! Was the movie any good, at least?"
Person 2: "Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
In reference to a controversial person
Person 1: "Yeah, Mike's an alcoholic, a tax cheat, beats his kids, and is a pathological liar – but other than that, he's pretty cool."
Person 2: "Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
Person 1: "Oh my God, that's awful! Was the movie any good, at least?"
Person 2: "Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
In reference to a controversial person
Person 1: "Yeah, Mike's an alcoholic, a tax cheat, beats his kids, and is a pathological liar – but other than that, he's pretty cool."
Person 2: "Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"
by ResOrbis December 4, 2023

Person 1: Are you addicted to perianal abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Nolan Sorento Is Lincoln March: The First Juvenile Release.
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Nolan Sorento Is Lincoln March: The First Juvenile Release.
by Maternal-Fetal-Medicine February 10, 2025

Lincoln is Olivia Kelly’s best friend
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