Photo: MGM/MGM HBO Max has removed Gone With the Wind from its catalogue… sort of. An HBO Max spokesperson confirmed that the streaming service removed the 1939 film in light of nationwide discussions around racism and prejudice, but “it will return with a discussion of its historical context.” The decision to take down the movie followed the publication of a Los Angeles Times op-ed fittingly titled “Hey, HBO, Gone With the Wind romanticizes the horrors of slavery.
HBO Max seems to have taken Ridley’s words into consideration, emphasizing in their statement that the movie would eventually return to the platform along with “an explanation and a denouncement” of its “racist depictions.” Read the full statement from HBO Max below: Gone With The Wind is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society. 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.
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