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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: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:01PM (5 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:01PM (#1006566) Journal

    "It's all white people's fault" is the new, acceptable variant of anti-Semitism or the Yellow Peril.

    America is, however, still 73% white. What happens when they get tired of the white-hate?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:30PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:30PM (#1006578)

    Don't worry, it won't last long, nothing but some more unmarked people in riot gear doling out beatings and pepper spray can't handle. You can go back to your bunker and wait it out. We just need to throw those dark skins a bone here and there and they'll let us real Americans get back to running things.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:51PM (#1006588)

      Th3 W@11

  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @09:02PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @09:02PM (#1006594)

    What happens when they get tired of the white-hate?

    They re-elect Trump, and possibly turn over control of the House too.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:55PM (#1006643)

    Are those pearls you're clutching to or did you just go to the wrong truck stop?

  • (Score: 2) by legont on Friday June 12 2020, @03:17AM

    by legont (4179) on Friday June 12 2020, @03:17AM (#1006749)

    That's easy. Blacks alredy invited Hispanics and Asians to the "revolution". At some point Caucasians will join in as well and the happy family once again will try to exterminate Jews and Indians - not American Indians, mind you, but gypsie kind.

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    "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.