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HBO Max Removes Civil War Epic 'Gone With the Wind'
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | June 9, 2020 | Abid Rahman

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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blm; communism; communistic; culturalrevolution; culturewars; gonewiththewind; hbo; marxism; nikkisfault; obamalegacy; obamasfault; waronart
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To: Stravinsky

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


41 posted on 06/09/2020 9:09:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: petitfour

I do, and showtime, some of the best shows around. Almost never watch the broadcast alphabet networks


42 posted on 06/09/2020 9:11:10 PM PDT by stuckincali
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To: Secret Agent Man

It is what the Khmer Rouge did, “Year Zero”.


43 posted on 06/09/2020 9:11:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Stravinsky
George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning........
The democrats use it for an instruction manual
44 posted on 06/09/2020 9:21:23 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Phinneous

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.


45 posted on 06/09/2020 9:23:00 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Stravinsky

This has gone too far.


46 posted on 06/09/2020 9:24:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: EdnaMode
Best picture winner, most popular American film ever made, and the first black performer to win an Oscar (Hattie McDaniel). All erased by the left.

And STILL the top gro$$ing film in history (adjusted for inflation).

47 posted on 06/09/2020 9:25:08 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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To: Stravinsky
...perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color...

Gee Ridley, I guess you don't realize they do that to themselves every single day.

48 posted on 06/09/2020 9:26:24 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Stravinsky

Quite frankly, I think they are fools


49 posted on 06/09/2020 9:28:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Stravinsky

Quite frankly, I think they are fools


50 posted on 06/09/2020 9:28:06 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: rey

Zippidy Doo Dah... BOOM! all gone.


51 posted on 06/09/2020 9:30:29 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mumblypeg

Yes...having everything in the “Cloud” is a joke.


52 posted on 06/09/2020 9:31:54 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: montag813

“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.


53 posted on 06/09/2020 9:33:53 PM PDT by princeofdarkness
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To: Stravinsky

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.


54 posted on 06/09/2020 9:34:14 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (“Welcome Down to my Planet Hell”- Nightwish)
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To: Stravinsky

Jeopardy yesterday final “Of what film opening was MLK part of the choir?”


55 posted on 06/09/2020 9:35:23 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Stravinsky

Why are we putting up with this?


56 posted on 06/09/2020 9:36:01 PM PDT by Chgogal (Wuhan Virus, Chinese Virus, Kung Fu Virus - Wuhan Chinese Kung Fu Virus aka CCP virus.)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s what they do!


57 posted on 06/09/2020 9:37:36 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: Stravinsky

Say goodbye to “Forrest Gump”. Tom Hanks is so ashamed.


58 posted on 06/09/2020 9:38:01 PM PDT by Ben Dover
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They’ll pull historical content while pushing their predatory sex agenda on children.


59 posted on 06/09/2020 9:38:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“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.


60 posted on 06/09/2020 9:40:15 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (“Welcome Down to my Planet Hell”- Nightwish)
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