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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
And just what is the purpose of doing this? A fictional story about a family of Southerners during The Civil War and a love story as well. David Selznick who produced the film was Jewish. The left is antisemitic. No doubt part of the reason.
81 posted on 06/10/2020 2:15:54 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?U)
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To: jmacusa

I thought Adolf was dead, but apparently he is alive and well and living at the DNC.


82 posted on 06/10/2020 3:09:04 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Highest Authority

Well old Adolf and the DNC were birds of a feather in many ways. Antisemitic , hated blacks, liked enslaving people. In their early rise to power the Nazis were real good at street brawling, busting up Jewish shops and things like that.


83 posted on 06/10/2020 3:39:18 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: dfwgator

Better watch Blazing Saddles while you still can.


From my cold, dead fingers.....


84 posted on 06/10/2020 3:42:41 AM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: EinNYC

“All this over a CRIMINAL who never did anything of note in his life.”

To pick someone with standards and morality would be acknowledging that standards and morality matter. Standards and morality are a dog whistle of white privilege and is therefore racist and judgmental.


85 posted on 06/10/2020 4:17:02 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Stravinsky

Wanna bet that there will be a surge in sales of this movie?


86 posted on 06/10/2020 4:25:16 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Stravinsky

In “Gone With the Wind,” Mammy was the brains of that outfit.

Scarlett was nuts!


87 posted on 06/10/2020 4:25:44 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Stravinsky

I just checked Amazon and Gone With the Wind is #1 in Movies and TV!

Way to sell a movie!


88 posted on 06/10/2020 4:27:06 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Stravinsky

“Their revolution continues...”

The “silent American” is bending way over backward to tolerate the ongoing anti-white, anti-cop shenanigans.

At some point both sides will look back and ask what was accomplished. The answer will be nothing good because the black’s main problems aren’t the cops or whites and a lot of them know that. A lot of them also are happy with their lives.


89 posted on 06/10/2020 4:50:41 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Stravinsky

I’m glad I bought my copy years ago.


90 posted on 06/10/2020 2:48:14 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: dfwgator

You just reminded me to buy a copy of it, before it’s banned.


91 posted on 06/10/2020 2:55:33 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: John S Mosby

You’ve said a few wise things here. Beware and watch out.


92 posted on 06/11/2020 8:30:07 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: nutmeg

Black people did it for two reasons. One of the biggest reasons black entertainers wore blackface is because, very often, they couldn’t work in front of white audiences without it. During those times, white audiences didn’t want to see black performers as human beings, so the only way black artists could even think about making money was by playing a cartoonish, minstrel version of black people. Many entertainers still think that’s a great way to entertain people, but we’ll talk about Tyler Perry’s career another time.

So what is the other reason black people wore blackface?

The University of South Florida’s “History of Minstrelsy” says, “Blackface allowed actors and artists to hide behind a caricature while protesting and mocking the powerful without fear of retaliation. Minstrel performers could safely question authority while claiming to be acting out authentic African American expressions.”


93 posted on 06/11/2020 8:38:34 PM PDT by stuckincali
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To: EdnaMode

My parents ran a twin theater in downtown Chattanooga in the early 1970s and I watched every film repeatedly. Saw “Gone With The Wind” five times and I still consider it a film ruined by it’s hype, actors who fought and the project carried by too many cooks - way undeserving of it’s awards, reputation and legacy.

But what do I know. My folks had “The Ten Commandments” on one side and “Deep Throat” on the other. The crossover movement between theaters was amazing to see. Dad deserved that industry respect for marketing genius.


94 posted on 06/11/2020 8:55:46 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: dfwgator
Better watch Blazing Saddles while you still can.

Animal House

95 posted on 06/12/2020 12:10:34 AM PDT by ELS
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To: MikelTackNailer

True marketing genius... especially when considering the order in which people went to which movie.... being unable to stand the righteousness of Moses vs. the Pharaoh’s pagans, and the doing the nasty on degraded,subjugated (and cast as pervie) women. Women in the Ten Commandments (and the unity of society the Commandments emphasizes for the good of all) are respected, even the jewish slaves of pharaoh, respected by the families of People of the Book.

Have several old friends in Chatt area. Deep down a real traditional kind of place for a railroad town. Gone are those days of the Chattanooga Choo Choo. “Like the sign says— Southern Serves the South”. The Green Light on the Southern.


96 posted on 06/12/2020 9:29:59 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: stuckincali

Very interesting. Thanks for that history lesson!


97 posted on 06/13/2020 12:19:44 AM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: John S Mosby

Virginia’s state song was “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” almost 60 years until it was banned for being racist!

HELL ... It was written by a Black Man who loved Virginia!


98 posted on 06/14/2020 7:39:53 PM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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