Posted on 06/09/2020 8:46:54 PM PDT by Stravinsky
Gone With the Wind, the Civil War epic considered a classic of American cinema, has been pulled from HBO Max.
The move comes as media companies reappraise content in light of nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism after the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by Minnesota police. Earlier on Tuesday, Paramount Network cancelled the long-running police reality show Cops.
Long considered controversial for its depiction of Black people and its rose tinted view of slavery, Gone With the Wind faced renewed scrutiny after an op-ed by 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley published in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. In the op-ed, Ridley called on HBO Max to "consider removing" Gone With the Wind from its platform as the film had its "own unique problem." "It doesn’t just “fall short” with regard to representation. It is a film that glorifies the antebellum south. It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color," Ridley wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
ERASING HISTORY BECAUSE 200 YEARS LATER PEOPLE CANNOT FACE IT IS UNAMERICAN. ITS TALIBAN. ITS ORWELLIAN.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE LUXURY OF JUDGING OTHERS FROM THE PAST USING TODAYS SOCIALIST LIBTARD “STANDARDS”
THEY ARE NO ONES MORAL SUPERIORS
THEY ARE NO ONES MORAL ARBITERS
LET THEM JUDGE THEMSELVES AS SHARPLY AS THRY SO EASILY JUDGE EVERYONE ELSE - THEY DO NOT OR THEY WOULD SIT DOWN AND NEVER OPEN THEIR PUTRID MOUTHS AGAIN AGAINST ANYONE ELSE
THEY ARE EQUALLY OR MORE FLAWED THAN THOSE THEY PRESUME TO JUDGE
I do, and showtime, some of the best shows around. Almost never watch the broadcast alphabet networks
It is what the Khmer Rouge did, “Year Zero”.
2/6/2020
Gone with the Wind will be in the news soon. Watch for it. It’s the end of the movie, because that’s when the living want their 221 minutes back.
This has gone too far.
And STILL the top gro$$ing film in history (adjusted for inflation).
Gee Ridley, I guess you don't realize they do that to themselves every single day.
Quite frankly, I think they are fools
Quite frankly, I think they are fools
Zippidy Doo Dah... BOOM! all gone.
Yes...having everything in the “Cloud” is a joke.
“GWTW saw the first Oscar nomination and win EVER for ANY Black actor.
That would not happen again for 41 years!”
Sidney Poitier won Best Actor in 1963. So it was actually 24 years.
Yet another reason why I don’t subscribe to HBO.
Last year, I temporarily subscribed in order to watch “Chernobyl”. After I finished “Chernobyl”, I searched the network to see what else they had to offer. I would estimate that around 98% of HBO’s content consists of hard left propaganda.
In disgust, I cancelled immediately. HBO is vile.
Jeopardy yesterday final “Of what film opening was MLK part of the choir?”
Why are we putting up with this?
It’s what they do!
Say goodbye to “Forrest Gump”. Tom Hanks is so ashamed.
They’ll pull historical content while pushing their predatory sex agenda on children.
“Is the silent movie BIRTH OF A NATION still available?”
I’m glad that, several years ago, I recorded that movie off TCM on to a DVD. I also have a DVD recording of “Gone With the Wind”. Sadly, my DVD Recorder bit the dust due to a freak blast of lightning.
I guess I can expect a visit from the Secret Police any day.
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