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

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:11PM (#1006570) Journal

    It's the Cultural Revolution, and these are the Red Guards. They have already been forcing people in positions of authority to begin self-criticisms [wikipedia.org]. Now they're toppling statues and defacing monuments that celebrated the "Four Olds" [wikipedia.org]. Next they're going to break into the Met in NYC and burn the paintings that have objectionable content and smash objects such as statues of naked men with penises, because it offends transgenders.

    This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what barbarism looks like.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:54PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @08:54PM (#1006589)

    Actually, it sounds an AWFUL lot like Conservative Republicanism to me. All the penises have been covered up LONG before, so as to not offend Republican sensitivities. Remember John Boehner covering up Lady Liberty in the Department of Justice because she had the temerity to bare her breast? Oh, speaking of breasts, remember when a nipple accidentally was exposed during a live TV program? All those Republican Congressional hearings! And an outraged FCC! OMG!

    The ONLY difference here is that you suddenly feel uncomfortable because you feel like you are on the other side, so you are the poor oppressed one, you poor little Boo.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:13PM (#1006624)

      As the culture changed, the personalities who would have been previously been socially conservative became leftists and the SJW crap is their new orthodoxy. Commentors here are frequently labeled Republican, Conservative, Fascist or Nazi when they're clearly displaced liberals.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:21AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:21AM (#1006736)

      Remember John Boehner covering up Lady Liberty in the Department of Justice because she had the temerity to bare her breast?

      Actually, I don't, because it was John Ashcroft, the AG, [bbc.co.uk] who did that. He was doing a TV press conference live at the Dept. and did not want there to be two boobs on the Tele at the same time.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:15PM (#1006649)

    Wooooow

    You've graduated from Boomer to Senile. Someone call animal control, the cops will probably end up killing the poor thing.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:34AM (#1006708)

      Are you kidding? They'd hear his ranting, hand him a billy club, and bring him downtown to join in beating down peaceful protestors.