Gone With the Wind Removed From HBO Max, Will Return With Disclaimer
HBO Max has temporarily 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. When the film returns, it will carry a disclaimer.
In a statement, the streamer said, “Gone With the Wind is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society. These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible. These depictions are certainly counter to WarnerMedia’s values, so when we return the film to HBO Max, it will return with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions, but will be presented as it was originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. If we are to create a more just, equitable and inclusive future, we must first acknowledge and understand our history.”
ScreenRant first reported the news of Gone With the Wind’s removal from the HBO Max archives. The film, released in 1939, won ten Oscars and became one of the top-earning movies of all time, and was prominently featured in HBO Max’s initial advertising push. But its romantic depiction of Civil War-era America and whitewashing of slavery is seen as problematic by many modern-day viewers, especially in light of the current social unrest regarding racism and police violence.
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) called for Gone With the Wind to be removed from HBO Max for the time being in a Los Angeles Times op-ed published this week, calling it “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.” Others joined Ridley online in asking that the movie be shelved.
HBO Max is not the only network changing its programming in light of the public outcry surrounding the protests: Paramount Network officially cancelled the police docuseries Cops after a more than three-decade run, and A&E Network has pulled new episodes of Live PD. HBO Max has also removed all guns from its new Looney Tunes Cartoons series, apparently in response to U.S. gun violence.
It’s about time; it should have been removed years ago, Even Disney removed “Song of the South” years ago.
Considering HBO Max literally just started, how could it have been removed years ago? Perhaps your concept of time is particularly skewed.
For what it’s worth, you’re incorrect on thinking Gone With the Wind should be removed. Don’t like it? Don’t watch. Calling for censor is an awful point of view.
So agree. It’s a point of view. It’s historical. We just supposed to erase it all?
They’re not erasing it, they’re adding a pre-film context thing to it – much like the old Disney cartoons.
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It’s important to not erase our racist pasts, but it’s also important to contextualize them as racist and harmful.
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Then isn’t it also important to “contextualize” WWII films concerning evils of the Holocaust and crime films for criminal wrongs? In all fairness, where do you stop? Or do you single out just this one thing for special treatment? If somebody doesn’t already believe racism is wrong wherever it exists, I doubt any notice on a film will change any minds.
I would say just this one thing for special treatment given the deep wound within this country that is still obviously in need to healing. It may not be the best answer, but its certainly the best of the multiple choice answers you provided.
I love this old movie. I’d like to have lived in this time. Just because it’s more refreshing then the present days.
Blah, blah blah, blah blah!
Feel free to come back to this discussion when you can form an actual argument, thanks.
@ DS: exactly. It’s a classic movie and reflects a time when certain things were acceptable.
Trying to hide how the way of life was for people back then, won’t change it.
That is how I feel. I love that movie and I realize it contains the slavery of that time but that was over 155 years ago. Slavery was abolished and Blacks are free now. I feel that time is the country’s history and we can’t change it but we can move forward and make things better.
DS, GKL1961 stated that Disney removed Song of the South years ago. Also, it’s coming back but with a note about the context and time it was made. HBO Max’s statement even says it’s coming back in it’s full, original form. Reading comprehension is our friend.
No one is incorrect thinking Gone With The Wind should be removed. You like what you like and others can hate what they hate. I wonder how you would feel if the movie depicted white folks being mistreated in that manner by black people and your children (of age) wanted to watch it? Not so good, I bet.
Except do you just erase everything that has slavery in it? That is how black people were treated back then, & people should know it. If you do that you might as well erase all of history, because there was a huge, huge amount of crap in our history. But then beware, the future won’t have a clue of what people went through. Different races, women, etc. Include all the war movies, because many show slavery, attacks against those of a different religion, nationality, etc. Our future will be as ignorant as ever.
“Gone With the Wind” is how future generations should learn about slavery?
Adding a disclaimer to a movie is not tantamount to erasing the entire concept of slavery from history books.
I agree..I’ve been watching Gone With The Wind since the first time I saw it at age 10..I’m now 60 and an activist! But pulling it? Unfortunately that’s how slavery was treated in those days..when will it stop? I understand a disclaimer but for all of us who have seen this year after year on TCM..is TCM pulling it too? They’ve always shown movies of unfortunate discomfort but doing this erases our movies made in the 30’s..We grow up & unfortunately with Trump in office we’ve gone backwards but I don’t think we have to take away ANY art, 1920’s movies because it shows how much our minds KNOW the truth! Racists can just go F themselves..
I don’t have to like it. Not sure what you mean by(of age) but it’s important in a free society to have freedom of expression. Whether any individual likes what is being said is irrelevant. Of course, if someone(myself)thinks a company that would blacklist a title isn’t his kind of company, he’s free to not endorse their actions with his money. Personally, I hope they lose a ton of dough, because that’s really what’s at stake here as far as HBOMax is concerned, not ethics. Don’t kid yourself. Or go ahead and kid yourself. It’s a free country and just getting freer in most ways, I hope.
Thank you. Don’t watch it. Let’s burn all the books in the library while they’re at it WTF
They are putting a disclaimer at the start of the movie and then putting it back up to show it in its entirety. I think this is far from book burning.
why should it have been removed? it is a film, from the 1930s.
It is art.It is history. When you are intolerant to art or only allow one view, that is fascism
It will be coming back unchanged, but with context discussing the problems with the film. I agree it should not be shelved, but I do think that, in this case, context matters. (And Disney should do the same thing with Song of the South.)
Oh my god! A streaming service removing a movie is not fascism. The last time I checked, HBO Max isn’t our government. But, it’s not being removed anyway. READ THE ARTICLE! It’s getting a disclaimer and coming back.
@Charles – it is beyond comprehension that anyone would want this masterpiece removed from our history books, much like the tearing down of statues of people in history that absolutely did exist…good, bad or ugly. It is a reality as unfortunate as it may be perceived. Tearing down statues and re-inventing our history is exactly what the left wants and it seems they are winning. God help us if Biden wins…you will all be crying in your milk then. We are ALL Americans, we all have flaws and the greatest of that seems to be that the atheists and satan worshipers called dems are spreading that hate like wildfire – and people are actually believing in them. God help us all. Even the few good tv shows left will be forever changed now. They will now pretend prejudice and violence isn’t real. Seems we may be heading to an America that is no longer free.
Casper, the judgment in your post has demonic overtones. I pray for your soul.
Casper, you know what…the only people I hear name calling are you Republicans. No, Democrats are not atheists and satan worshipers. I can see why you’d think that seeing as how your chosen president spews hate from his twitter feed and his mouth every chance he gets. But, you seem to be mistaken on the idea of freedoms. The government is not taking this movie away (and neither is HBO Max). Companies are trying to do something to make a change so there will be LESS hate in the world. I don’t know about you, but I don’t consider calling people who have different political beliefs than you do atheists and satan worshipers a very Christian thing to do. People can have a difference of opinion and still be respectful to each other. I realize that name calling has become the norm given the example that’s being set from the Oval Office. But, come on…I’m sure that whoever raised you taught you better than that.
Thank you! Well said!
Why must everything be political.Democrats cry fowl and we are supposed to change everything. All immigrants had it hard, so why don’t we burn all books, movies. This is is how socialism starts, in a well meaning gesture. Communication needs to happen. Not just hide and erase. It is part of our history to be bad and good humans.
Thank you
Exactly!
Disney was, and is, wrong. Warner Bros. is handling the issue in a proper way.
Have you ever seen Tarantino’s Django Unchained?
First-ever Oscar won by a Black actress, but let’s bury it in the past and ignore our tattered history as a nation. Should we ban sales of the DVDs and begin forcibly removing them from people’s homes next? Let’s burn all copies of the novel while we’re at it.
You’re an idiot
This is getting so ridiculous. Gone With the Wind is a classic and all though the slavery aspect of the movie does have a negative effect on me and hurts my heart, it is our history. Right or wrong we must not try to erase our history but instead, learn from it. We start banning classic movies and books, where does it stop? This is very sad to me.
Wholeheartedly agree
It’s the easy thing to do: rather than our elected officials initiating true reforms of our policing, racial/ economic inequities , they cancel TV, movies…what is next? Books? These actions are wrong for all the right reasons!
The Nazi’s did that. Of all evil people ever on earth, I hope we don’t want to emulate them.
Preach!
Agree with you. Like it or not, GWTW depicts life in the Civil War south as it happened. It does not celebrate slavery. Banning movies books and, taking wrecking balls to statues and erasing the facts of history only ups the chances of, as we all have heard, repeating history. People should learn from history and remember it:the good AND the bad. With the demands being made to banish all history that is not deemed
“popular”, the human race is growing dangerously closer to making the great George Orwell’s 1984 a reality.
It was based one a fictional book written in 1936. It is not history. It is not a documentary. It is Margret Mitchell’s contribution to the lost cause.
And a really awful movie.
Said no one ever. One of the best movie ever made.
Um… no. It’s a terrific love story and it’s one of the most racist films ever made.
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Apart from that, the biggest mistake GWTW made was casting Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes. Like a fireball like Vivien Leigh would ever fall for that wimp.
THANK YOU! Exactly my thoughts. Finally some common sense.
Common sense is racist. It was invented by Donald Trump in the ’30es.
Gone With the Wind is not history. It’s a movie. It’s a fantasy. But it in no way depicts real slavery. It perpetuates the mythology of the South that makes us feel better as a country by portraying happy slaves and benevolent slave holders. Consider this: No matter how happy Mammy was or how much the slaves sang while they “worked” in the fields, they could NEVER LEAVE. If they tried, they’d be captured, beaten, tortured, and/or killed. You see, they were owned, they were chattel, like animals. Their children were sold like livestock. Gone With the Wind is not history.
I did not mean that Gone With the Wind is history, I meant it depicted history albeit not as it truly happened. Of course slavery was wrong and cruel. Of course slaves were not happy being slaves and of course, tearing children from their mothers and fathers was extremely cruel and inhumane no matter how one tries to spin it. All of this makes me sick when I think about it however, none of us can change history. We can and must learn that all people should be equal in our eyes as they are in the eyes of God. All this being said, GWTW is movie history and I hope all who have watched it or will watch it will understand the atrocities perpetrated on the black race. We all know Hollywood’s portrayal of certain people and events have been exaggerated, often times greatly so, in the name of entertainment but if movies get people thinking and talking and help to change the way they treat people, people of ALL color and race, then why get rid of them?
if you paid attention to the movie, when the war breaks out, many of the slaves on the plantation left. Only the three stayed. This is true to history that some slaves did choose to stay either because they had no other place to go, knew nothing beyond the plantation, or were close to their owners. Though they were not free, not all slaves were treated poorly. Read some books from different historians… not writers who are trying to make money off of their books, but actual academic historians, and learn the complex history.
Though they were not free, not all slaves were treated poorly.
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The fact they were enslaved at all proves they were treated poorly. It doesn’t matter how “nice” their slave owners were to them. At the end of the day, they were still slaves.
Time isn’t just a snapshot of a moment. When you block a person or delete their art it still exists. It goes underground until children parading as adults grow up.
Westerns are not historically accurate either. Fiction and art are teaching tools. Are we going to ban museums next?
I never really liked the movie because it was too long. I’m a book person anyway. But reading all of this, watching all of this on TV, does no one remember that the ones who were originally sold as slaves here were ORIGINALLY sold by their king or tribal leaders and brought here to be sold again? They started the cycle, not the whites. I don’t think GWTW or any other movie should be taken out of a library and a disclaimer added. You know what is in the movie, if you don’t want to watch it, don’t. I’m white. I don’t watch movies about the Civil War, but it really ticks me off that the African Americans are destroying everything to do with my history here in the South. I don’t agree with it, but it’s still history.
Some history should stay in history books and not be celebrated with statues
@caspermama1: I’m white. I don’t watch movies about the Civil War, but it really ticks me off that the African Americans are destroying everything to do with my history here in the South.
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Why does your history get to be respected, but black people’s history in the South doesn’t? If you think black people trying to bring some realism and facts into what life in the South was like for them somehow “destroys” your history, then that says more about you than it does them.
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As for your comment about how kings and tribal leaders started the cycle of slavery, the fact remains that white people here in the States still continued it. They could’ve, y’know, said no and fought against the practice. Saying ‘But they started it!” doesn’t really fly as a valid argument or excuse.
I WHOLEHEARTED agree with you, Ann. People should have choices. Don’t watch if you don’t like that Leslie Howard. ha! If the past is forgotten, it will be repeated.
Please stop at not all slaves were trested poorly. Go back and read the words again.
Cruelty and abuse come in all shapes and forms. Being considered 3/5 of a person IS cruel.
Imagine if you did not have the right yo quit uour “job”, look for better opportunity, leave the place you live, keep and raisr your children, get married, learn to read, go to school, practice the religion of your choice, love and mare with the perdonnof your choice, or go sleep or wake up when you choose. This just just atratches the surface.
Please don’t base your argument on utterly stupid points.
I, as a Black woman, disagree with HBO Max if they intend to remove Gone With The Wind. It is the first movie for a Black person won an Oscar and, thus an important part of American History.
You cannot erase the sins of the past.
I have seen the reference to 3/5 of a person repeated many times, but it is never understood.
The slave states wanted to count slaves as a citizen for the purposes of representation in Congress, but denied them the rights that a citizen should have. (Including a vote!) Had it not been for the 3/5 resolution (compromise) the slave states would have had a stronger presence in the House of Representatives.
“The usual conservative case for keeping monuments of Confederate generals and political leaders around, misses the more contemporary function the movie (and the book on which it was based) played and still plays in promoting a Reconstruction myth that was central to the maintenance of Jim Crow” (Kilgore).
Source: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/yes-gone-with-the-wind-is-another-neo-confederate-monument.html
Agreed. I’d love to say I’m happy (mostly because I loathe the movie itself for so very many reasons), but there is no doubt that we cannot start banning movies and erasing history. The movie is, technically as a piece of film art, amazing. As a story, it’s long, boring, drawn out, misogynistic, and clearly depicts racism (I don’t see much ‘whitewashing’ going on). I’d rather get a root canal than watch it again, but it is required for most film classes for a reason that has nothing to do with the horrid ‘love story’. I just do not believe in censorship – ever. Put a warning clip before the fim airs if there are concerns.
I’ve never seen it and I’ve been around a while and watch TCM all the time. I could never get past the first 20 or so minutes due to Vivien Leigh’s personality and Butterfly McQueen’s voice. I was never a Clark Gable fan either. If I like a film he happened to be in, it was usually due to that film, not him.
I wonder if TCM will air it again any time soon.
I’m sure they will, but the introduction will be the sort of contextualizing that Warner Bros. is doing with the streaming version. It’s the same as how TCM (which, thankfully, refuses to edit the movies they show in any way) now mentions that there are scenes in blackface before a film starts to warn viewers that a film shows something that they might find upsetting.
Temperance, you do realize that that’s exactly what they are doing, right? They are pulling it to add a disclaimer and putting it back. It says so clearly in the article. It’s not censorship. Even if HBO Max were pulling the movie permanently, it’s not like people couldn’t watch it elsewhere if they wanted. But, HBO Max is doing exactly what you said they should do…putting in a warning before the movie.
People who ignore history…are doomed to repeat it. Removing books, movies, statues, etc from our lives today seems to make some people feel better it does not change what happened. As I said at the beginning, if we ignore history (no matter how bad or painful it was), we are destined to repeat it somehow, someway. This is true throughout history.
Yeah, I tend to agree. It is interesting to me now as an adult I come back to some of the things I read or saw as a child with new eyes. Gone with the wind, little house on the prairie, and plenty of old movies and books had at least some racist undertones. It was not unusual to hear the N word, see unflattering portrayals such as black-face in movies. Similarly there are plenty of movies that are blatantly misogynist. Looking back at them now is uncomfortable to say the least. I watched Back to the future the other day and was quite shocked at the casual way they treated attempted rape. If we were to start cleansing the movie libraries there wouldn’t be much left. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t label them and use some of these things as teachable moments. Ideally we shouldn’t glorify these old movies, we should recognize them as what they are – products of their time. Enjoy what they did well, recognize and acknowledge what they did wrong, and above all learn from it, and do better now.
I agree. Pretty soon they will start burning all the school history books and rewrite them the way they want them to be, rather than what they were. It’s, absolutely, ridiculous. I feel like I’m living in Germany in the 1930s
GWTW is not “banned”: It’s temporarily removed so Warner Bros. can add context to the unpleasant elements of the film in various ways. I agree with what you said, but I do think making sure that the fanciful depiction of slavery and the stereotypical black characters are addressed is the right thing to do.
Overdone political correctness. It represents a time in history. Good grief…let’s remove every movie that depicts slavery, take down every historical statue..let’s just erase ourselves. Isnt that what we are doing
Lauree, it hurts your heart that they pulled it temporarily so they can add a disclaimer about the context and time of the movie before they put it back in its original form? That seems odd. Or, maybe you didn’t read the article because the statement from HBO literally says some of the same things you said. They don’t want to erase the history, they just feel there should be a statement made before the movie. Does no one read the actual articles anymore or are we all just looking at the headlines?!?!?
They are bringing this back but I wanted to say… I have heard people argue that Mark Twain should be banned because it is racist. As well as other books.
Censorship is wrong.
Oh, for heaven’s sake! People, READ THE ARTICLE! They are just putting up a disclaimer and the movie will be back in it’s original form. There’s nothing to be sad about! The only thing I’m sad about today is people’s inability to read a few paragraphs, or even several of the comments, to even understand what is actually happening.
The original story didn’t yet have HBO Max’s “temporary” statement. Calm. –Mgmt.
Erased from existence.
I suppose Carol Burnett will soon be under fire for mocking Gone With the Wind back in the 70’s. This is so stupid. You can’t rewrite history because times are changing. And I’m a liberal, BTW.
I “like” the fact that the movie downplays the evils of slavery. That itself drives a conversation about the true nature of slavery. We can’t erase everything that starts an unpleasant conversation.
But can sure try in the name of incorporate interests
Funny you mention Carol Burnett, I’ve been re-watching the seasons on Amazon and there are other skits that in today’s overly sensitive world raise the roof! However, being an adult with some common sense, I don’t feel the need for explanations/warnings/etc to watch these shows/movies today, I’m perfectly capable of recognizing the differences between time periods.
The producers need to correct Elmer Fudd’s speech impediment. They are making fun of his disability.
There isn’t a speech impediment that makes you sound like Elmer Fudd. There is one that makes you sound like Porky though, and the pig has run into controversy every now and then because of that.
I heard that the Muslims don’t like that one
In fact, in “Looney Tunes: Back In Action” both Porky and Speedy talk about how things were rough for them since PC came into play.
Are you insane? A classic movie removed because some people don’t like it. Then, don’t go to see it. How about that for a suitable goal.
Same goes for Cops. Just don’t watch if if you don’t like it. Common sense all around.
Funny how that’s exactly what these “certain people” suggest, when you don’t like *their* shows – “Just switch the channel you snowflake”. But if something offends them – it needs to be removed, cancelled or preferably burnt.
Everyone is offended by everything nowadays and it’s a film from the 30’s a iconic one at that.Removing it doesn’t make anyone feel better and just covers things up, if your offended by this film made nearly hundred years ago with out understanding context then your an idiot
While I think Ridley is a talented filmmaker and I enjoyed 12 Years a Slave. I think this is a paranoid knee jerk reaction by Warner Media.
Agree with you.
Exactly, what would have been better is for HBO Max to host a scholarly town hall discussion (possibly a series) about the movie and movies like it: analyzing its place in cinematic history and how is the film representative and important to our social construct in modern times. You can’t erase history but you can learn from it.
I wish they would instead add on a mini documentary or something detailing the racism rather than get rid of it. I completely get pulling/cancelling newer problematic shows but if you start removing all classic films that are problematic…we aren’t going to have much left. I know that many will say good we shouldn’t have them, but to me there is no more visceral a way to learn and understand something. I grew up watching Turner Classic Movie Network and I never saw those films as something to work towards. The sexism/racism/antisemitism/etc was obvious but they are a window into how people felt at that time. If removing old racist films helps the cause then I will gladly shut up, but I can’t help but feel we loose valuable teaching moments when we erase artistic history.
This is what they areeeeee doing. Read the whole article first.
Thank you!! I am baffled by the number of comments here that are complaining about censorship, etc.
As the article says, they are bringing it back, in it’s otiginal form, with some added context. Which clearly is necessary for some of the other commenters here who think people are overreacting and don’t understand the significance of what is going on in the world right now.
It’s necessary like a kick in the teeth. We don’t need Warner Brothers to explain slavery to us. We’re not children and it’s not exactly a new theme. If they want to film a documentary about it and add it to the streaming service have at it. We don’t need to be’ babysat.
Slow your roll guys the article was updated! The initial piece just said the movie was being removed. Very happy this change was made as it makes the most sense.
The article was updated. Initially that part wasn’t included. I did read it all I swear! Lol
Are we now under slavery and are being told what we can or cannot watch or read.
This is a STUPID COMMENT!! It needs to be removed. Really? You’re gonna invoke slavery in this case. You are an idiot.
Actually, it’s a lot smarter than your ‘stupid’ comment. I hate the movie (for so very many reasons), but it is 1) a work of fiction, 2) a classic of film making nearly always featured in film classes, and 3) doesn’t ‘whitewash’ or glorify slavery. I pretty much hate the movie, but you don’t need to censor it. Put up a warning clip prior if you think it’s necessary.
No, you’re the idiot.
These TV networks and leftist activists are being ridiculous. Trying to erase our history and ruining movies and TV. That’s rewarding the bad behavior of these lawless rioters. The cops in the Floyd case were arrested and charged with murder 2. Be happy and move on.
That’s right. Just accept the bad cops have been punished. Let’s not actually go after the systematic racism ingrained within the justice system. Hey dumbass, YOU are the problem!!!
Just an observation. You only degrade yourself, and delegitimize your comment when you resort to childish name calling. Surely you have a wider and more intelligent vocabulary than this example.
This is absolutely ridiculous! People need to grow up. GWTW is an historical movie…The Civil War happened. Slavery happened. Channels can be changed. Movies don’t need to be banned. This is the US….not Nazi Germany! Shame on HBO for pandering to the loud voices!
If this movie is being boycotted, let’s keep the same energy and boycott ALL movies that are racist.
Great Idea!!
Censorship can go both ways. If thousands can get HBO Max to get rid of a movie you don’t like they can do the same for ones you do like. It is a streaming service and if you don’t want to see a film then don’t watch it. Don’t ban others from watching it because someone may ban you from watching something you do like.
I wonder how long it will be until these liberal “book burners” will try to ban every western ever made.
Let me offer a fair compromise. HBO Max should keep this film as part of their library, but only after editing the film with a static, running disclaimer that states: “This film depicts a shameful time in our country’s history that brings dishonor and is antithetical to the ideals set forth in the constitution.” This compromise acknowledges our nations “history,” but also condemns the film for everything that it stands for.
God, I hope this silly post is only poor satire…
So here is my list of offending material:
Dukes of Hazzard
Looney Tunes
The Aristocats
Aladdin
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I could go on and on. This is where things go to far in these cases. Hell the Wizard of Oz demeens little people, it’s gotta go. Flash Gordon has to go. Dick Tracy, out!! Green Hornet, c’mon! Yes Song of the South is especially agreegious and deserves to be filed away. Take a long look a Disney folks. I’m all for taking a long look at certain properties that need a new look at. But let’s try to avoid knee jerk reactions.
C’mon now this is getting to be silly….are we gonna start banning books again? *smh*
Oh give me a break and CRY ME A RIVER. THAT’S LIKE HISTORY BEING REMOVED. THIS IS GETTING REDICULOS! GOOD THING I OWN THE CD AND DVD AND VHS AND SAVED AS WELL ON DVR. DON’T AGREE REMOVING THIS CLASSIC ALSO USED IN EDUCATIPN IT’S A LEARNING TOOL. THANKS YOU FOR ALLOWING MY INPUT!
Soon all old movies will be banned because they are offensive to someone.
Exactly. Here’s the conundrum : Watching Fred Astaire dancing to Mr Bojangles in Blackface is offensive yet mesmerizing at the same time. As a musician, I perform and love the works of JS Bach and Wagner… both rampant anti- semites. So, the slope gets very slippery when politics and art collide .
Are they going to pull every ” racially insensitive ” movie ever made? Will film schools be sanctioned for studying Birth of A Nation… this way lies madness, folks!
Apparently the movie will be available at a later date with a disclaimer added.
https://deadline.com/2020/06/hbo-max-removes-gone-with-the-wind-1202955106/
“The usual conservative case for keeping monuments of Confederate generals and political leaders around, misses the more contemporary function the movie (and the book on which it was based) played and still plays in promoting a Reconstruction myth that was central to the maintenance of Jim Crow” (Kilgore).
Source: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/yes-gone-with-the-wind-is-another-neo-confederate-monument.html
In my opinion, every time something is removed (movies, statues, etc.), the opportunity increases for the future to be completely censored. The next generations will be forced to only learn what some have deemed appropriate or acceptable. Personally, I find it extremely difficult to watch movies that portray human violence, and I take offense to a lot of the rap music. Most of the rap songs use foul language or degrade women. I don’t demand for removal of the movies or the music, I simply make the choice to NOT watch or listen. It isn’t necessary for others to be restricted because I don’t like something or find it disturbing.
I don’t see why all the clutching of pearls the MOVIE will be played on their service with a disclaimer. While it may be an important movie to film history it is not a historical piece of work, it is fiction. It is not more history than Pretty Woman is but context is important to those who do not have the privilege or access to real historical information on that time in the life of America.
Finally,this racist piece of claptrap is an embarrassment to American cinema.Slavery is the great evil that continues to haunt this country.This disgusting movie romanticized slavery and totally misrepresented Southern Reconstruction.According to this movie ,slaves were thrilled to live to make the master happy.The men and women of the south were ,according to this film’s propaganda ,gallant heroes.To this I say ,bull.This film.which romanticizes slavery is evil itself and should be called out for it.
Incorrect on so many levels. Here’s a tip for the future – don’t like it, don’t watch it.
So let me get this straight, we are removing a movie that showcases the work of Hattie MacDaniels, the first African American woman to win an Oscar?