Opinion | Aramide A. Tinubu: HBO Max paused streaming 'Gone With the Wind' because it's pro-Confederate propaganda. - NBCNewsTHINK
These films do not explain the history of racism and anti-Blackness in this country, but simply appease white guilt, allowing the viewer to reassure themselves that they have nothing to do with the current uprising.
Turning their attention to"Gone With the Wind" in particular allows white people to ignore the injustices happening in the streets — which has always been its purpose. In"" film scholar Ed Guerrero explains,"When 'Gone With the Wind' was released, the American audience was acutely aware that war was ravaging in Europe.
As a result of the influx of views of"Gone With the Wind," John Ridley, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of"12 Years a Slave" wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times titled “In it, he wrote,"It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color."
He added,"The movie had the very best talents in Hollywood at that time working together to sentimentalize a history that never was.", temporarily removing it from streaming and issuing 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," a spokesperson said.
Of course, HBO Max's decision to temporarily remove the movie from free streaming on its platform pending the addition of historical context is already being met with backlash: Megyn Kelly, whoon air, has, for instance, decried the move as censorship on Twitter.
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'Gone with the Wind' pulled from HBO Max until it can return with 'historical context''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.' HBO Max has pulled 'Gone with the Wind' from its library of films
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