the movie 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," they continued, adding that when"Gone With the Wind" returns, it will do so"with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions.
"Gone With the Wind," a four-hour film based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 bestseller, was controversial for its depiction of the aftermath of the Civil War. The movie went on to win eight Academy Awards, including best supporting actress for Hattie McDaniel, who was the first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.
McDaniel, who played Mammy, was forced to sit in the back of the room at the ceremony and away from her co-stars due to segregation.
Stupid
Revoke all their academy awards including racist Hattie McDaniels who dressed up as a fat black mammy for the almighty dollar.
I guess slavery didn’t happen. Certainly it was and is an abomination, this film does not glorify it and actually humanizes it.
Well I’m out crying in for the opposite—out back Gone With The Wind. It’s a classic, it was history as it really was, and that isn’t changeable just because you pull a movie from shelves to hide the facts.
The proof that ignorance and hypocrisy are way greater problems than racism. But now the source of all evils is erased, right?! Clownesque 🤡
First mark twain classics fall to socialists book burning now another nations treasure falls to their stupidity. Remind me wasn’t it the democrats who fought such rediculous censorship & freedom of speech violation in the 70’s-80’s
Is 'Roots' going to be pulled because it depicts slavery?
Hattie McDaniel is best known for her role as 'Mammy” in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
Quentin Tarantino and david mamet used the nword and chinks all the time
Great movie all time favorite!
Hitler censored the arts. Called it degenerate. Communist China and Communist Russia as well. All saying it doesn't represent their Nation's ideology and identity. There's always an excuse that justifies the censorship. Amerika has officially joined their ranks.
I don't know how many people constitutes an 'outcry' but this movie is now selling like crazy on Amazon. So I guess the lefties lost that one...
Isn't the movie about happy slaves and sad slavers during Sherman's march?
The group behind this should just come out and change their name.. ISIS-USA
“Outcry” 2% of the population.Ridiculous
Books next. Keep the masses dull.
Aunt jemima pancake syrup is next. Maybe Mrs. Butter worth’s
How sad 😢 A great movie for all everyone.
I understand GoneWithTheWind's Antebellum South & Civil War historical context would be offensive to those who want to erase history. But also a masterful portrayal of very different but incredibly strong women surviving societal meltdown: Scarlett, Melanie, Mammy, & Belle.
Has nothing to do with the protest
Added to my Facebook list of favorite classic movies.
People still watch this crap
Really? What next?......
People should pull their NBC streaming service just for being ridiculous
Destroying history will not fix the problem 🙄
I love this movie 😢
This doesn’t help Biden win. You think people who voted for Trump are going to blame him for coronavirus and the unemployment rate that resulted from it? Yeah, ok. Know what they’re gonna see? Rioters, looters, cop haters going crazy, chance culture... you’re going to lose
I never liked that movie for many reasons.
Ridiculous!
Wtf is wring with people !!! Wtf
It is stupid! Censorship is not going to help black communities! It is art , it is a part of history.
We cannot change history If you don't know your history you will not know the errors that were made If your children never see racial stereotyping how will they understand our issues today? Show them educate them trust them
What outcry? I think this is censorship.
Typical communism style
movies GoneWiththeWind is classic, educational with its historical content & social. Is it offensive that black people worked & contributed to building the country? Great example for today's troubled & idle youth
Stupid! This is an interpretation of history. Accepting the bad facts of history doesn't mean we are promoting old ways. Haven't we matured to a better country? If we keep with the trend of not broadcasting such portrayals, will we eliminate history class in school as well?
Burn Huckleberry Burn!
Why not Kill all the white people ? So black people would never be discriminated against.
I guess we are removing that history also ......
Stupid. We now live in idiocracy
I hate it.
Stupid. As a famous person once said. Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it Use these movies as tools for future generations to understand racism and fight against it!
Such a travesty
People know they can still just buy it and watch when they want right? 🤦🏾♀️
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can they erase 200 years of history too?
Go buy it at Walmart.
'Outcry '?
Let’s start here instead
megynkelly is more comfortable with blackface than this
None of this helps Biden.
Never bend a knee to the Rage Mob
😡
Crazy
Ridiculous!!! You know that movie brought an academy award to a black woman for the first time right?!
FFS this is getting ridiculous, you can’t erase every part of history. Tell your kids this was a movie made back in the day and shows how far we have come.
So let's burn our history books . Done with HBO!
Time To Boycott HBO ! You Can't change HISTORY ! We can Only Learn from OUR Mistakes. We need movies like this to Educate future generations. Just banning the Movie doesn't change the past. Whats next banning Schindler's List ! As if the Holocaust didn't happen Either !!!
Sad. It is a civil war classic and a lesson Sherman.
WTF! A classic film that depicted reality.
Make no sense.
Absolute ignorance when the character displayed in a movie is removed to amend those that fear the past.
Cultural sanitation...
Let’s just forget history, right or wrong. I have some things I’d like to erase.
Freedom of speech until it hurts someone's feelings. Remember the Bonfire of Vanities? Nazi Era book burnings? Same.
I’ll run it 24-7 right along with the Jeffersons
Left looking more and more like 1930's Germany! Idiots don't understand Gone With the Wind opened the door for Hattie McDaniel to win an Oscar!
Absolutely ridiculous!! This movie is a classic!! Bring it back HBO!!
Creating yet another 'Safe Space'. The world doesn't work this way people.
PC
Nobody even looks at that crap
Shame smh
WHY.
Ok ..... “ Blazing Saddles “ pulled too ?
BTW “after autopsy” equally makes sense boodah
Let the book burning's begin.
crazy
Witch-hunt 🤦♀️
Oh,oh! It’s quitting time at Tara!
I will always remember this movie 🎥
Perpetually Offended Fools.
HBO “actin like po white trash chillun”
Sheesh
Things are just ridiculous now. It’s a movie. You can’t censor the world.
I dont agree. People need to remember how it was so it never happens again.
Hopefully one day people can recognize it’s beauty while being well aware of racism that it perpetuates. But perhaps for now this is the only way?
I really think the headline should be that they pulled it until they can add some commentary about the history of the film.
Hattie McDaniel winning the Oscar as the first African American woman opened doors. This movie also depicts history. We can’t change history but we can learn and move forward from it. GWTW shouldn’t be removed from any movie catalog or bookshelf.
Where have I seen or heard this before.... antia
It’s a work of art ...not a glorification or monument to racism.
because it's racist. we always talk a/b how good that movie is not how racist
BS
Bullshit , that's a good movie, assholes
Next thing will be the burning of books. Fahrenheit 451 anyone
Thank God! That movie done be kilt too many folk! SMH in disgust!
That's pure BS. If people don't want to watch a movie they don't have to watch it.
So is Chappelle Show next? He makes fun of everybody. Doesn’t matter your race, religion, gender, etc. Sheesh.....
This reminds me of Chinese Cultural Revolution, ancient temples destroyed, books burned, classic music banned in the name of progress.
This happened the first time with Adolf Hitler during the Nazi regime, today it hapens with HBO.
Hattie McDaniel was the first black actor to win an academy award. And the first black Oscar winner honored with a postage stamp. Don't erase her achievements.
Awe but I really liked watching everything get burned to the ground, we should do it again ❤️
My all time favorite movie 😂😂 It seriously is..
That makes me want to go and watch the movie
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“HBO Max said Gone With the Wind will eventually return to the service with a 'discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions' of Black people and slavery.”
They stated that it is going to return, but with a narrative at the beginning to explain the context of the time.
Clickbait headline. AS USUAL!! 🙄
They will need to ban a lot movies made in the 20th century to be fair.
Thats the last straw, now thats too far, this movie is GREAT, GREAT,
That’s wrong ok whites stay with black black stay with black it’s coming what good white or black people going to want any thing to do with thugs
First the game of thrones finale and now this? HBO stays losing
Ridiculous!
Soon,ABC,the mob will come for you.
...do people not know? That woman they're complaining about appearing on the movie is one of the bravest women in history. She helped bring black people into the media. While the role wasn't glamourous, she paved our way into film. Shame on those who cried foul.
Because we're too stupid to realize the imperfections of the film and may be influenced to bring back slavery. Thank goodness for our media overlords. All Hail Disney!
Stop with the inaccurate click-bait ABC. They only removed it temporarily 'it will return with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions, but will be presented as it was originally created.
Ignoring that Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for best Supporting Actress. Great job.
Ridiculous
Ridiculous
Ban all racist films. Ban Romper Stomper with Russel Crowe!
This is so wrong, it's a flipping movie, maybe if schools TAUGHT HISTORY AGAIN,then maybe people would not be so butt hurt over it. Time to grow up.
Snowflakes, it’s just a movie, no body said you can’t watch it Get over yourself and you pseudovictimhood
Blasphemy!
Going too far.
It hasn't been banned. I'm sure TCM will show it so you are not deprived. get it on Amazon. Banning implies the government is stopping it from being viewed.
😂🤦🏻♂️
'Rewriting History?' By pulling a movie based on a FICTIONAL novel that had already rewritten, romanticized and glorified a racist look at history? Only Americans could think pulling a piece of fiction is censoring HISTORY.
THANKS DECMOCRATS
Okay well then if we're going to take that off then let's go ahead and take Sanford and Son off okay cuz I saw some stuff on there last night that I really didn't care for as a white lady.
The left destroys everything it touches! Arts , music , sports , tv , movies , education systems and on and on ! This black woman won an award for her role in this iconic movie. WalkAwayFromDemocrats
The Farenheit 451 effect
DO NOT ERASE HISTORY, LEARN FROM IT! Disclaimers...for every drug, food....Companies Should Post Historical Synopsis Prior to Onset of Films, TV Shows...! Then, Incumbent upon parent/guardian to initiate thoughtful discussion!
Why don’t we just get rid of every movie and every book until there is nothing left? That’s the direction we are headed. Everyone is offended by something these days and it’s just expected to disappear. Let people decide on their own what to watch and what not to.
This has got to stop. This classic movie is old and for its time it was okay - we aren’t that anymore. Can’t just keep destroying and taking down the past - we learn and change and grow from it
The Book was even worse. GoneWithTheWind
That’s ridiculous 🙄
See this is what liberalism does to the country
To get a little note about historical context before it’s shown is all.. It’s not permanent..
Hattie McDaniel won for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, & she was the first African American actress or actor ever to be honored with an Oscar., she opened so many doors, how dare they! What’s next the color purple?
Lol
What about Hattie’s Oscar First African American woman to win! Does that just get erased as well? You people are too soft if you just want to eliminate your feelings by hiding history.
Wow! That’s a stupid move. Just put an explanation with it
I never seen this show . What is it about?
Stop with your clickbait BS, they’re going to put it back with a brief statement saying it was a product of its time.
Who were the outcriers? Perhaps one dork or two?
As a proud Jew I will quote something my people like to say. “ If you don’t learn history it’s bound to repeat itself” !
Good it’s about time.
Such a classic movie but, also shows us why we need change. It's an educational tool
Outcry from who? I dont remember hearing anyone protesting 'Gone With the Wind'.
This is dumb.
The world has gone mad.....
The protests will be gone with the wind soon enough. All this outrage will fade away and not much will really be done to fix the problem of racism. The popular uprising will end when the majority of the protesters get tired of the game.
Gone with the wind lived to its name it's gone with wind !
One of the greatest and most poignant movies ever and they deplatformed it and think it is great 😂😂😂 Next every Civil War or Victorian movie gets the chop, leftist lecturers have a lot to answer for
They have no idea have they are helping Trump.
Pure millenials fantasy
This is so stupid. Nobody has a problem with a book made movie in that time period
HBO 💩💩💩
Pretending this was not live in the USA does not make it so
This is ridiculous!! Ok people we are all adults here. No longer in elementary school where everybody gets a trophy and everybody is a winner. All these pansies out here getting there feeling hurt 😢 Stop crying and stop erasing history and grow the F up!!!!!
OMG!!!! Really If we keep this up there will be no memories to keep us from repeating? It's history this is just modern day BOOK BURNING!!
Disgusting and disappointing HBO reps need to grow a spine
this just ridiculous. Why it's a movie -not real - you can't erase history by taking things away ----
I watched this film thanks to the African Americans in Cinema class I took in college. We had in-depth discussions about how the Black characters were portrayed and how film was used to reinforce societal perceptions.
Now that’s just rediculous an iconic film,the worlds gone mad
Hope they don’t pull Death Wish I love Charlie Bronson
Next step: burn books. Antifa is fascist.
The book burners of our time. The film that featured first black actress to win an Academy Award...gone with the wind. I am disgusted what America is becoming.
Just bought my hard copy
It ain’t fittin, just ain’t fittin!
Pretty soon we will all be like the fat ppl in Wall-E, just sheep being led to slaughter, no individual thought outside the hive, sounds pretty f'n depressing
The danger here is getting off the serious issue of racism especially when it comes to police behavior...I don’t think movies and monuments are going to move the issue forward...
That Racist Don Lemon needs to Go as well
Trump's favorite! You guys are knocking Trump each and every way. Have a heart, he's just an angry old man, never got hugs when he was a kid, had an overbearing father...come on man!
Don’t agree with this one!
Everything is stupid
And just like that....any remaining old folks you had.....just went to trump !
Will they burn the book too. Is Tom Sawyer next?
Ridiculous!!! Lost all respect for HBO Gone with the Wind is based on real life events. Civil war DID occur and how it affected everyone is a reality. This movie is about a love story.
But... but...how will we learn history? Won't someone think of the history?! 😂
Nonsense
“outcry” I’m thinking there was no outcry.
And now this old movie classic is…
Stupid. Classic film
I never watched that trash anyway
I wonder what Butterfly Mcqueen's descendants think of this decision?
It's a frig'n MOVIE!
What's next? Pull Hattie McDaniel's Oscar for her role in that film, which made her the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Guess the title is now apropos! In all seriousness though... (IMO) we should be careful that we keep our eye on the prize and not run down rabbit trails. The rest...the nuances like movies on streaming services - will then take care of “theirselves”.
This is pretty damn stupid.
I don’t understand this and I’m pretty liberal.
Ok, so after reading thr article, I've seen no evidence to suggest there was an 'outcry', just a political stunt by HBO. Shouldn't the focus be on the ppl who are supposedly outraged over a 90 year old classic movie? Who are these ominous figures?
You white people do something before you start paying them that slave money 400 years ago
Why not take away everything historic about America while your at it. Films, Tv, Books... take it away like it never happened.
It will be back!
Im old, i have it on dvd lol
Unbelievable - Are we trying to erase our past? Who won an Academy Award for this film?
For goodness sake!
Not necessary.
they pulled dukes of hazard, does this really surprise anybody? It's easy to not care about gone with the damn wind, but soon they will come for something you DO care about....
This is what keeping us back let go forward don't look back on junk like gone with the wind
Hattie McDaniel is spinning in her grave right now. LiberalismIsTheRealPandemic LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Misleading headline it is off for licensing issues. Not some false sjw bs like you are insinuating.
Some Democrats and left-wing sure have a personal problem with history! Get over yourself! We have freedoms in America, if you don't like it just turn it off!
This is a big laugh -- going too far ....
What an incredibly stupid move!
They just erased the first African American actor to receive an Oscar
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