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posted by martyb on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:44PM   Printer-friendly
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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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:33PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:33PM (#1006486)

    "before cancel culture claims them"

    lol, better check your closets and under the bed tonight, I hear dem socialists are doing hits on anyone who dares argue with Emperor Trump Der Wokenfuhrer.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:59PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:59PM (#1006517)

    ^gaslighting. "Nothing to see here, folks!"

    • (Score: 2) by Acabatag on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:20PM (1 child)

      by Acabatag (2885) on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:20PM (#1006534)

      Using the term 'gaslighting' is one of the wokes' dog whistles.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:42PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:42PM (#1006550)

        Yiissss, fight each my magorons yisssssss

        By the power vested in me I pronounce you tweedle dee and tweedle dumb.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:04PM (4 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:04PM (#1006523) Journal

    You are just a troll but in my lifetime, we went from a culture tainted by born again true believers sanctimoniously pushing an agenda of shunning, censorship, nonScience, and prudishness, to culture tainted by woke true believers sanctimoniously pushing an agenda of cancellation, censorship, nonScience, and prudishness. Nothing has changed except the gods. Nor has the effect changed. As always, authoritarians suck and make the world a dimmer poorer place.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:20PM

      by Bot (3902) on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:20PM (#1006535) Journal

      You know that steel wire that won't break? what do you do in such a case? bend to one side, bend to the other side, back to the one side, until it breaks. You are the wire.

      --
      Account abandoned.
    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:21PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:21PM (#1006628)

      I've no idea why this still has to be hammered home to people. Political flip as I stated above [soylentnews.org] and have been trying to explain to people since 2015.

      From last year, it's all of this [twitter.com]

      No we’ve become the church lady as person below says. It’s embarrassing. We’re offended by comedy and science. It’s pathetic.

      • (Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:32PM (1 child)

        by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:32PM (#1006657) Journal

        I recently finished Bret Easton Ellis' book "White" (audiobook format) and it was a most incredible rant. I'd be driving along listening and just blurt out "YES" so many times -- absolutely loved it. Anyway, fun book (except for those in the McResistance).

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @12:24AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @12:24AM (#1006679)

          On a camping holiday with 2 girls in the tent next to me, one night I got to a chapter in a book I was reading called "Child Killing at the Zoo" and had to bury my face in my pillow to mute my laughter in case they heard and asked me what I was laughing at. I told a friend about it and word got back to the girls who'd both read American Psycho and thought it was funny too. Nice girls I recall, 20 minutes solid crying into my pillow and they couldn't have given shit.

          I'll check this one out.