The mere fact that some (not all) of Scarlett’s emancipated slaves stay with her didn’t bother me in and of itself; there are times in life when you just have to stick with the asshole you know. But when one of the former slaves says that house slaves like himself would never be able to figure out how to care for and…

You aren’t wrong. I don’t think Hollywood started paying attention to a black audience until the 1970's, and that was because blacks and went out and tried to make their own films. Even today Hollywood continues to underestimate an African American audience unfortunately.

Nobody has time for a list of not-favourite movies.

Didn’t he basically rape her towards the end?

The computer turned upside down. Simple mistake.

I feel like if Disney really tried, they could do a Song of the South remake, but with the focus on a former-slave grandfather passing on (authentically sourced) folk stories of his youth to his grandchildren (vs. his random small white child BFF like in the original). With the right research, writers, and director,…

Never loved this movie. Not for any political reasons, as I can put something in a historical context when I watch it, it just never did much for me as a film, and I love a lot of films from that era of filmmaking.

The problem is that the people staying for the panel would likely be the people who already understand Gone with the Wind’s shortcomings. While I agree with your point that movies aren’t monuments, I think they’re frequently more powerful than monuments in shaping the way people think about an issue. I think we need…

I agree. I don’t think Gone With the Wind should be banished forever into obscurity, but I think we need to be more aware of how the popularity of that movie helped shape generations of people’s vision of what the Old South was like and why that’s dangerous.

I don’t like that movie and I’ve been hoping more critics would acknowledge its racial problems, I also get why one wouldn’t want to be screening it in the immediate aftermath of that Nazi rally. That said I think it’s the wrong approach to suggest that it should somehow be taboo to screen that movie because it’s…

The last time I saw it, I was almost literally nauseated by the sight of the children being used to stand on the bell to announce the barbecue. It was so “innocuous”, but it was so disgusting, and I can’t really articulate why. I knew I wouldn’t ever see it again.

It’s the bit with Ashley ‘heroically’ going on a proto-KKK raid that’s the worst, I think.

“Gone With The Wind is one of the most cherished films in the American film canon, both back in 1936, when it won eight Oscars...”

And she’s looking, menacingly, down and to the left.

PENDING APPROVAL

*SPOILERS* The monster they have to fight is Kinja.

They should continue to do character posters for Barb to screw with people.

The writer doesn’t seem to be saying that she chose the date on purpose, but is reporting that some people on Black twitter suspect she did. Personally, I highly doubt it.

This is a test, since I wanted to claim my name and comment history so nobody else did. Not sure I’ll actually be sticking around.