by phoenixrising 33 Replies latest social current
As the altleftist idiots burn books, ban speech and now ban movies that does not conform to their twisted thinking never forget, those that start by burning books end up burning bodies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/business/media/gone-with-the-wind-hbo-max.html
I just bought the DVD of GWTW. I also did a down load of song of the south. Great movies and SOTS Disney is trying to hide. Its out there and you can buy or get it in "other " ways.
Is Dancing With Wolves next?
Some weren't happy with the portrayal of Native Americans..
How about movies that sexualize women? Should they all be sorted through? By whom?
Hattie McDaniel was the first black actress to win an Acadamy award in Gone With the Wind.
Sad that she is being dishonored.
Millie210, I agree. This is actually a great example of how a very complex issue (the reality of racism) is being handled in an over-simplistic, knee-jerk reactive way. Yes, GWTW has troubling elements but it also showcased the first black actress to win an Oscar so doesn't removing it discredit McDaniel? The fact is that it was a product of its time, for bad, yes AND for good. Viewing it solely through the lens of racism shuts out the fact that it is far more of a feminist bildungsroman than anything else. Scarlet O'Hara is a remarkable protagonist, not because of her love affair with Rhett Butler, but because she spurred traditional female limitations of her day. Yes, the horrors of slavery are completely ignored and I can understand why some would feel that in and of itself is grounds for censorship (and that's what this is, folks) but I think Mitchell was focused on doing something else with the story. And of course, critics can say well she SHOULD have been focused on depicting slavery in all its horror but when you start telling authors what they should and shouldn't be writing in their works of fiction, then fiction is essentially dead.
Yeah, first black Oscar winner ... bye bye, you're cancelled.
There are lots of worse Hollywood movies that could be erased.
Maybe the real reason is it depicts the democratic controlled south ... ?
UK TV personalities are now "begging for forgveness" for portraying themselves as blacks & Chinese in their TV show MANY YEARS AGO! https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52990831
I now demand that EVERY British comedian who ever told a joke about the Irish or the Scots should publicly apologise for doing so - because I am now suffering from being deeply offended by all those racially-motivated gags!
Remember those who start by burning books and movies end up burning bodies. This is all about a communist Marxist take over.
Nobody is erasing Gone With the Wind from history.
“The streaming service pledged to eventually bring the film back “with a discussion of its historical context” while denouncing its racial missteps, a spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday.”
All they are doing is temporarily removing the movie while they add a disclaimer discussing historical context. They are not removing permanently or even editing the movie in any way.
Let’s not over dramatize what is happening.
Hisc, you are out and out WRONG. But I think you know that already. There was one person [a usual suspect ] on the news today calling for a ban on some dog cartoon because it makes cops look like good guys. There is no defense of this shit except to just lie and deny it like Hisc. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15/the-ironic-enduring-legacy-of-banning-to-kill-a-mockingbird-for-racist-language/
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/watch-out-classic-movies-with-racial-stereotypes
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/business/youtube-remove-extremist-videos.html
What next Sanford and Son?
