HBO Max Removes Civil War Epic 'Gone With the Wind'

HBO Max Removes Civil War Epic 'Gone With the Wind'

'Gone With The Wind'

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8:17 PM PDT 6/9/2020 by Abid Rahman

The 1939 film takes place on a plantation in Atlanta in the aftermath of the war.

Gone With the Wind, the Civil War epic considered a classic of American cinema, has been pulled from HBO Max.

The move comes as media companies reappraise content in light of nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism after the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by Minnesota police. Earlier on Tuesday, Paramount Network cancelled the long-running police reality show Cops.

Released in 1939, Gone With the Wind told the story of southern aristocrats Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler and starred Vivienne Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel and Olivia de Havilland. The film, based on the 1936 best-selling book by Margaret Mitchell, takes place in the American South, on a plantation outside Atlanta in the aftermath of the Civil War. Directed by Victor Fleming it would win eight Oscars at the 12th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for McDaniel.

The Oscar for McDaniel made her the first Black person to win the award but due to racial segregation at the ceremony she sat separately from her Gone With the Wind co-stars and was made to sit at a table at the back of the room.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to HBO Max for comment on the removal.

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Black panther, Aquaman should be banned too as they have black guys as villains

Originally posted by: 2RsFan

Black panther, Aquaman should be banned too as they have black guys as villains

You are probably being sarcastic but GWTW is truly racist.It potrayed the people who fought a war to keep slavery in place in a good light,never even mentioning the abuse they inflicted on the slaves.It caricaturized most black characters in the book.The KKK was shown in a positive light too,as this organization which can do anything to protect the 'honour' of white women.

Originally posted by: ImmortalsOfM

You are probably being sarcastic but GWTW is truly racist.It potrayed the people who fought a war to keep slavery in place in a good light,never even mentioning the abuse they inflicted on the slaves.It caricaturized most black characters in the book.The KKK was shown in a positive light too,as this organization which can do anything to protect the 'honour' of white women.

It’s just a movie

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

It’s just a movie

I know you,you try and provoke people with such remarks.I am not going to fall for it.

Originally posted by: 2RsFan

Black panther, Aquaman should be banned too as they have black guys as villains

Black Panther was with a cast that was mostly Black people so that’s not a very good comparison 🤔 ( don’t remember much about Aquaman).

Originally posted by: ImmortalsOfM

I know you,you try and provoke people with such remarks.I am not going to fall for it.

No I’m really not. I’m just saying what I feel. If you don’t feel the same that’s fine.

Gone With The Wind glorified slavery and Confederacy so it is fair call for HBO to remove it . If people want to watch it for history they can always buy the DVD instead .

It's a product of its time. What would one get out of hiding a film based on today's standards of morality? Real change would be equal opportunity and better treatment for people of color and women on their current content generation side.

Sad times

It is one of the best movies ever made but radical left won't let you see this because they have no concept of censorship, retroactive morality and ethics.

Movies generally portrays right as fascist country but it always left in reality who wind up being close to it

Also to add this movie ,Hattie McDaniel was first black Oscar winner for this film , so good to cancel it