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Gone With the Wind Removed From HBO Max Library Following Criticism

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (20178)
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HBO Max has removed the classic film Gone With the Wind from its movie library following a number of calls to do so, in light of the ongoing global protests for racial equality.

https://tvline.com/2020/06/09/gone-with-the-wind-removed-hbo-max-protests-racism-slavery/

[–] Kowalski (76210) 5 years ago

LMAO...YOU KNOW YOUR NOT A YOUNG PUP ANYMORE WHEN YOU DONT RECOGNIZE THE WORLD YOURE LIVING IN ANYMORE...

[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 5 years ago

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[–] Befus (494) 5 years ago

This world is so fucking stupid.

[–] Kowalski (76210) 5 years ago

RIGHT?

[–] Befus (494) 5 years ago

Give it another generation or two, and it'll probably be illegal to own movies with white people in them.

[–] johnmiller (3937) 5 years ago

As I've said on here before, consider: The movie consists of four hours of the Confederacy getting its ass handed to it. GWTW is an easy target. But, why not, instead or also: "The Jazz Singer" (blackface), or any and all other movies with objectionable to highly objectionable racial or outright racist material?

[–] old3eyes (331) 4 years ago

I suspect that they'll be on the list of movies to be burned like book burning.

[–] VanZan (906) 5 years ago

Removing this classic will definitely eradicate racism once and for all. All those racist cops will surely change their attitudes in response to this. Derek Chauvin obviously watched this film repeatedly.

/sarcasm

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 5 years ago

Frankly HBO, I don't give a damn!

[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 5 years ago

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[–] moviechatterer (15777) 5 years ago

Apparently the problem with the movie is that

"Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, it features slave characters who seem contented with their lot and who remain loyal to their former owners after slavery's abolition."

and

"Writing in the Los Angeles Times this week, screenwriter John Ridley said the film "glorifies the antebellum south" and perpetuated "painful stereotypes of people of colour".
"The movie had the very best talents in Hollywood at that time working together to sentimentalise a history that never was," continued the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave.

[–] strntz (12454) 5 years ago

"Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, it features slave characters who seem contented with their lot and who remain loyal to their former owners after slavery's abolition."

Yes, because we live in an enlightened era where we know it's impossible for a white family to be benevolent to it's slaves. They can't. It's in white folk's DNA to abuse black folks. 100% of white slave owners physically abused their slaves because white folks just can't help themselves, and GWTW didn't show this.

We also were falsely taught that over a million former slaves died of starvation and disease after the Civil War and that many slaves decided to stay on with the plantation to work in exchange for food and a place to live.

All lies. Bravo HBO! (what is HBO? Honkys Berating Oreos?)

[–] JaqenHgar (731) 5 years ago

to sentimentalize a history that never was

I would like to know where this gentleman obtained a time machine, because he would obviously require one so that he could make this statement and be positive that it is 100% valid. Maybe he can loan it to me so I can win the lottery.

[–] strntz (12454) 5 years ago

When you're done, go back to the mid 60s and see if you can convince Ford to use galvanized sheet metal on the floors and frame rails of the first generation Mustang. Thanks.

[–] JaqenHgar (731) 5 years ago

You got it!

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17845) 5 years ago

Overzealous decision. They'll quietly put it back when all this dies down.

[–] Devilman (448) 5 years ago

Just wait until we get the new socialist movement and they start burning books and history to form a new stupid world !

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

That happened last week in Virginia and probably other places.

[–] Devilman (448) 5 years ago

I know historic statues are being vandalized and thrown in rivers. Did they burn any books ?

[–] kwestmo (4385) 5 years ago

I can't find documentation now, but I am sure I read a museum was vandalized where books and manuscripts were burned. But without documentation from a legitimate source I can't support my claim.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 5 years ago

Just wait til they watch Demolition Man and get ideas!