Posted on 12/12/2009 1:42:14 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
No one denies that "Gone With the Wind" holds an honored—even sacred—place in the pantheon of beloved American movies. Adjusted for inflation, its domestic box-office gross is variously estimated at $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion—vastly more than the sum earned by "Titanic." Still more impressive are its initial ticket sales, which totaled more than 200 million at a time when the U.S. population was just 130 million. And then there are those eight Oscars, including best picture, in a year widely acknowledged as Hollywood's greatest. But affection and respect are different things, and it is perhaps only now—70 years after its initial release on Dec. 15, 1939—that this film is acquiring a patina of venerability.
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Scarlett reminds us of the women in our lives who have histrionic personality disorder.
parsy who has known a few and is now afraid of women
Ol’ Scarlett was no prize. Maybe Janeane Garofalo can play her in the remake.
200 million tickets sold with a population of 130 million?
Obviously..that just means everyone was racist 1.3 times more what we are today...
AmIrightguise?
"Hot but Crazy" -- Caution: may be exhilarating in small doses, but addiction can be deadly.
Parsy, I would have said Borderline Personality disorder co-morbid with Histrionic Personality disorder....
Ransomnote,who appreciates Parsy’s insights...
I lean toward Cluster B. Narcisstic, anti-social....Hot but crazy was a good comment...
parsy, who is scairt to death of women and clings instead to his guitar
Great movie ? Yes. Far superior movie - Dr. Zhivago.
Heck, the sun rising in the east is all they need sometimes.
parsy, who has reproduced and now prefers the quiet, peaceful life
I tend to think that it shows what women really want. Alot of women say they want the Ashley Wilkes type but really need a Rhett Butler type of guy. Translation: women don’t want girlie men, and Scarlet was great, I love her! She was pretty, very ambitious and so what if she had mood swings, I think she was great!
You’re showing your lack of knowledge about the South during the war.
parsy, what is it like to reproduce with your guitar. Does the offspring have 6 or 12 strings...LOL
goat granny who has gotten parsy mad at one time and he refused to answer me any more...:O) racoons still are the devils spawn.....
Kiss my Southern Ass
The only character in that movie that had any reality was Rhett Butler, the one Clark Gable played. The rest were just plastic. Maybe Scarletts father had some reality...
I never got mad at you. I just felt sorry for you that you could not appreciate the cute little antics of our night time buddies.....Like tipping over trash cans, and Christmas lights.
parsy, who is sadly leaving his ‘coons in a few weeks...
Most husbands?
Oh poo, I hate pity, <P.
goat granny who would rather you hate her than pity her..:O(
Actually I never did give a damn About Scarlett
It may seem that way because each character, with the exception of the two leading roles, represents some aspect of life or culture in the antebellum South.
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