HBO Max has temporarily removed 'Gone with the Wind' from its library, citing the 1939 film's 'racist depictions.' 'We felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible,' HBO said.
. The movie has been temporarily removed from the HBO Max streaming service.Streaming service HBO Max has temporarily removed the 1939 classic filmis a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society," an HBO Max spokesperson said in a statement.
"These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible." The spokesperson adds that the movie will return to the streaming service at an undetermined time, with a discussion of its historical context. But the movie itself will remain untouched"because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.
But the movie — with its glorification of the antebellum South and its glossing over the horrors of slavery —Critics say it looks back at the Confederacy with a certain nostalgia and fondness. As the recent protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd have continued across the country these criticisms over the movie have been renewed. Screenwriter, producer, and director John Ridley posted an op-ed in the"The movie had the very best talents in Hollywood at that time working together to sentimentalize a history that never was," Ridley wrote.
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