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In reply to the discussion: "Gone With the Wind" pulled from HBO Max library for now [View all]LisaL
(44,973 posts)6. How are they going to make people to watch the other movie if that move is not
the one they want to watch?
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Well, i don't hear anyone advocating having the government destroy all copies of GWTW.
thucythucy
Jun 2020
#10
So I take it you are in favor of keeping Confederate statues in the public square?
killaphill
Jun 2020
#35
+1. There are hundreds of films, perhaps thousands, that could arguably be pulled ...
Auggie
Jun 2020
#36
Agree. Hattie McDaniel won the first Oscar for an African American in this film. n/t
Calista241
Jun 2020
#68
A review by Cass Sunstein in The Atlantic from 2015 gives a somewhat different point of view.
honest.abe
Jun 2020
#20
May be for the best. Mitchell certainly did his part in perpetuating the 'noble lost cause' myth.
PatrickforO
Jun 2020
#22
Did you notice my note the says HBO will eventually return it to the lineup .....
groundloop
Jun 2020
#48
That and "Birth of a Nation" need to be relegated to the dust bins of film history
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#43
And the Taliban and ISIS destroyed forever their own historical wonders.
LiberalLovinLug
Jun 2020
#62