[ColdOne]

Next up...TCM channel.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

What about all them Quentin Tarantino movies where he uses the N word every 2 seconds?

[ColdOne]

Destruction of our history ping list. I think this will be

a high volume ping list. Please let me know if you want on

or off the list.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Darn it, alright, I’m reposting what I just wrote on a Rush thread about the same thing, partly.

GWTW is a truly great movie, and it is NOT about slavery.

In fact, while it may be argued that 2/3 of the prime black characters are quite caricaturish and “demeaning”, Mammy is unquestionably not stupid and definitely throws her weight around. They are all loveable to at least some extent. Including the more minor slaves such as Big Sam who saves Scarlett (and is greeted by her during the siege and told to come to her if anything bad happens to him and his friends).

Of course, they probably don’t like that Ashley declares “we didn’t treat them (slaves) that way” when discussing using criminal chain gangs for labor.

[a fool in paradise]

And Blazing Saddles will probably be put out to pasture along side Song of the South, not to be a found again on US home video or cable or theatrical screenings.

[SkyDancer]

Well damn, just, damn.

[Crucial]

Racially insensitive = white people talking

[fhayek]

...maybe banning copies of Huckleberry Finn. Oh yeah, that has already been done.

[OttawaFreeper]

Then comes “The Godfather”. After all, a few Italians back in the day thought it unfairly portrayed them, so it would not surprise me to see the same sort of controversy nowadays.

[Yaelle]

Oh holy F.

Next they will be burning Mel Brooks movies and Richard Pryor ones too.

[ealgeone]

How about White Men Can’t Jump? What if a movie was made called Blacks Can’t Swim?

[Yogafist]

When was the last time anyone saw Song of the South?

[iowamark]

A privately owned movie theater made decisions about which movies to show? This is controversial because, why, exactly?

[OttawaFreeper]

How about “Slapshot”. After all, that showed fighting in hockey and all sorts of other things the little twits who write the sports pages these days do not like about the vintage game.

[plain talk]

I don't think Mammy would take a lot of crap from anyone.

[GreyFriar]

I guess the protesters have not noticed that in the movie, as in real life, the South lost the war, slaves were freed and the plantation economy was destroyed...and Atlanta was still burned. I wonder how many of them have ever seen the movie, let alone read the novel?

[onedoug]

The president of the Orpheum Theatre is a coward.

[USNA74]

This normally would be sarcastic, but don’t be surprised when “they” start calling for the graves to be dug up to move soldiers (i.e., generals) such as Robert E. Lee. Can’t have those people buried next to “right-thinking” people. Not really a huge leap from the brouhaha about the statues.

[Sam Gamgee]

I always found the film an oddity of sort. A lot of historical revisionism in the story, so it soundly deserves CRITICISM. That is what normal free nations do. They don’t ban films.

[wardamneagle]

What a shameful act to one of the top classics based on American history. This is getting out of control ridiculous. Hope the theatre goes out of business.

[spintreebob]

racism? Have you seen the SEXISM in that movie? The male privilege?