Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 18 submissions in the queue.
posted by martyb on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the [deleted] dept.

HBO Max Temporarily Removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ From Library

An HBO Max spokesperson says “Gone With the Wind” will eventually return to the platform with a discussion about its historical context and a denouncement of its racist depictions.

On Tuesday, HBO Max removed the 1939 film from its library in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd.

[...] Upon its release, “Gone With the Wind” broke theater attendance records and was the highest-grossing film of all time to that point. It still holds the record when adjusted for inflation. However, despite being considered one of the greatest films of all time, some film commentators have since criticized its depiction of slavery and Black people.


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by istartedi on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:58PM (1 child)

    by istartedi (123) on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:58PM (#1006453) Journal

    Remember when they used to show this movie when we only had a hand full of channels? Maybe they'd show it once a year, like the Wizard of Oz. The big deal was that they actually said "damn" and didn't edit it. Of course your parents had either sent you to bed, or you had long since lost interest because most of the action takes place before the intermission.

    Now what was really crazy is that I used to go through the TV guide, and they always printed the year a movie was released. I wondered what the oldest movie was. There was one that was way older than the others and it wasn't this one. It was Birth of a Nation. Yes. They broadcast that, but only well after midnight. Who was staying up past midnight in the late 1970s/early 80s to watch that?

    My curiosity at that point wasn't so great. It was worthwhile to stay up late and risk getting caught for Letterman, but not some old silent movie. Later in college, I attended a screening of Birth of a Nation with a "panel discussion afterwords". The film itself is just somewhat memorable, but the discussion takes the prize.

    There was a girl in the audience who asked the panel "Were those actual Civil War battle scenes?". It had never occurred to me that somebody could arrive at college without knowing that moving pictures came well after the Civil War. I had to bite my lip for the rest of the discussion to keep from laughing.

    --
    Appended to the end of comments you post. Max: 120 chars.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Interesting=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 2) by deadstick on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:36PM

    by deadstick (5110) on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:36PM (#1006488)

    Yeah, I remember, being an old fart and all that. The "damn" wasn't the only problem television had with it.

    There's a scene where Scarlett and Rhett have a yelling argument in the mansion; he gets fed up; grabs her around the waist; slings her over his shoulder and climbs the spiral staircase two steps at a time. Fade out, fade in to Scarlett waking up in her palatial bed and stretching with a big shit-eating grin while Mammy glares disapprovingly.

    The networks would insert a commercial in that fade to break the continuity.