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.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:53PM (13 children)
Whites aren't growing from this experience. All they see is a bunch of folks using 1 mans death to riot and loot and take and do whatever they want. It's not the *whites* that need to grow from this - it's the people causing chaos and damage. Fight me on this - you'll lose on principle.
(Score: 2) by gtomorrow on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:01PM
Ah. Hey, thanks for straightening us all out on the topic, anonymous coward.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Bot on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:26PM (8 children)
As an italo, I don't see why I should kneel for mr snuffed by police when nobody kneeled when a boy was raped 200 mt from my house by islamic immigrants, when a 16 year old girl overdosed thanks to a nigerian in the train station 400mt and when before killing an italian white girl a black guy messaged something like 'gtg i have a white girl to rape'. If our lives don't matter why should yours.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:45PM (7 children)
One is a crime that is terrible and should be punished, the other is a systemic problem that all of society needs to address and punish the criminals given cover of law.
You are conflating your bigotry with real issues, try again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:26PM (1 child)
According to what you just said, you need to be punished and reeducated.
It's a systemic problem. What's that? YOU'RE not part of the problem? Sounds like sonebody is in denial. It's not about an individual's actions; it's about an ENTIRE race being guilty. Just by looking at your skin, I will tell you if you are guilty of racism or not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:08AM
I understand the twist you're trying to play, but since it fails basic reading comprehension it just makes you look stupid for trying to shoehorn it in.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday June 12 2020, @12:54PM (4 children)
Islam is not a systemic problem?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @03:42PM (3 children)
You're right, Islam is is trying hard to catch up to Catholicism. Thanks, maybe we should place them both on the terror watch lists.
(Score: 2) by PocketSizeSUn on Friday June 12 2020, @04:27PM (2 children)
Remind me again. Which one is running the slave market in Libya?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @06:06PM
Christianity is a religion /for/ slaves. It's very authority-friendly. (Render undo Caesar, turn the other cheek, etc.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @09:48PM
Funny how this is a topic about how Christians used to be massive slave owners and some people are just so bent out of shape that Amazon dropped the movie from their catalog.
Irony thy name be PocketSizeStupid. Corrected that weird SUn typo, you're welcome.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:48PM (2 children)
Translation: sit back and know your place.
Great logic you've got there, as usual another idiot who can't tell the difference between peaceful protests and criminal rioters. Not to mention criminal police assaulting innocent people, that is gonna require more brain than the above AC has to stretch.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:57PM (1 child)
STOP SPREADING YOUR CORONAVIRUS
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @09:51PM
5G mast pole up the arse for you! If you're real nice I'll ask Billy Gates to turn off your tracking chip.