- Oscar-winning Civil War epic “Gone with the Wind” was pulled from the HBO Max streaming service and reality TV show “Cops” was canceled as America’s reckoning with systemic racism extended to its popular culture.
Outrage and mass protests over racism following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody have forced media companies to take a closer look at their programming. “We felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible,” an HBO Max spokesperson said.
The movie, set on a Georgia plantation, won eight Academy Awards including best picture and set a milestone in Hollywood when supporting actress Hattie McDaniel, who played a black maid, became the first African American actor to win an Oscar.
This is madness
A big FU to Hattie McDaniel
HAHAHAHA! Oh cancel culture...so woke.
Frankly my dear 'I don't give a damn' Controversial back then
Isn’t this kind of like banning books? This might be a bridge too far.
Weak and insecure snowflakes demanding for everything they dislike about history & society to be erased from existence. It's pretty pathetic behavior. Films are a reflection of their era and tools to learn from history. You can't just demand to erase it. People are going too far.
We are one step away from burning books.
You are destroying your own culture!
SayNOtoCensorship
It's back on thanks to double-standards such as these. See how public justice isn't always right?
Reality isn’t kind to it’s inhabitants, if you have to 🏷 prejudices... you aren’t educating only directing a ignorant mob DefenseIntel NSAGov Defund the CIA ‘s ignorance in propaganda broke America!
This is not a news wire any longer. It's a democrat propaganda mill.
This is brain-dead behavior and highly pretentious too. Eventually this stupidity will stop as it is not sustainable. What rubbish!
Looks like Amazon might have pulled the dvd. Can’t believe it’s sold out. If I find that’s the case I won’t be shopping from them again.
This is going to far and history or what took place in the past cannot be changed. This politically correct BS is getting out of hand. Keep in mind that Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her role and was the first black women to have done so! Time to stop this insanity.
Why would this filmed be pulled I thought black people wanted to educate the ignorant white people,and this film puts slavery in the arena for discussion. How much more stupid can this “black lives matter “ organisation get.
xD
Frankly, I don't give a damn.
'Aw man, I had plans to watch that this weekend!' - No one
Statues, movies n soon music n songs will start disappearing.
How about all the moveis about all western movies where Indians were treated like criminals and savages? Is the Industrie good with that? And how about movies where South Americans are described has gangsters and drug dealers?
Ridiculous. Gone With the Wind has nothing to do with stupid cops in Minnesota. Zero. Next they’ll be looting stores for Aunt Jemima and Uncle Bens and banning black Sharpees & blackboards!
The purpose of erasing history is to ensure history repeats itself.
This is sooo pathetic, if I’m not mistaken the first African American woman won Oscar because of this movie
Hattie McDaniel was the first black woman to win an oscar because of this movie
Ridicoulous
its n1 in sales on AMAZON, you will never cancel our culture or thought police us, dream on. All Lives Matter.
I loved that movie! But even as a teenager, it's portrayal of black people made me wince. I can't believe it took so-called responsible adults decades to wake up to the bigotry.
It'll be back shortly with a discussion discliamer
That’s just plain silly! 🙄
DefundAntifa
The pendulum has swung too far the other way
Thank you HBO
Really!!
That’s a mistake. Banning films borders on banning other forms of art, such as books, paintings, poems, etc., & that involves our right to buy/rent certain art to enjoy in the privacy of our homes. And who is going to decide for us which art we will be allowed to rent?
Wait a minute. Why would you block a movie that depicts history? How we gonna educate racists?
People can’t wish away history.
Hm. Not sure that was necessary but ok.
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it.”
HBO has been a failed network for 40 years.
Sooo...over it's (Hollywood) depiction of history. Got it. Black lives just got better. hbomax
What stupidity, you can’t change history, taking down films and statues won’t undo the past. They should be held up as examples of the past and used to educate. This is not a facist state and protestors should be careful lest we accidentally create one.
It won't change history 🙄. In fact it should be shown to educate that a wrong done to the blacks 😑
Idiots. Tom Sawyer will be banned soon
But that's the Movie Hettie McDaniel won her Oscar for, she was the first African American to win an Oscar.
Another PC world victim sod the acting and the fact it is a FILM a STORY.... No ban it and put it on a shelf somewhere to gather dust until they find it and burn it for their own beliefs....world gone mad totally ott.
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Our past cannot be erased!! We should learn from it.
Just bought the book on Amazon, it's classic.
The Ten Commandments next 🤷♂️
As compensation, they can now add this:
Ice cream with chocolate chips is racist. Pull out the chips.
...aaand this caused gone with the wind to become a 1 best-seller on amazon
Social cowards acquiescing to the radical leftwing Democrats who want to ban all art and history that doesn't fit their vision of the world. Of course you realize they will never be satisfied. The more you give in the more they want to take from you.
and oscar worth depiction ... apparently.
Slavery is and was disgusting....I remember watching Roots as a youngster...it was disturbing....art should shock and disturb to make you think....I have not watched GWTW....how does it depict slavery...I'm assuming sugar coated...but then we're talking Hollywood in the 40s
I agree! Eliminate all art!
Some people are making a fortune from Racism .
Just unsubscribe Money talks louder than deleting history
At what temperature does digital media burn? Asking for a guy named Bradbury.
Modern Day Book Burning --- the Fascists are on the left and always have been
👏👏👏👏 Every little step counts
Can you remove everything from USA history what has happened before 2020..? You must be braver! Tomorrow, Germany will clean database about Hitler and Holocaust, Great Britain about colonization etc etc. History is for learning of good and bad things. Is not bright only.
By the same rule, take 'ROOTS' down too.
People switch off these channels, we can win this war, money is the only language they understand.
They did not “remove” it. They are adding a disclaimer at the front. That’s all.
Stupidity
What about White Chicks I find that racist. Or does racism just go one way?
Loving this free market.
this is insane
and almost instantly it became n1 sale on Amazon, you will NEVER police our thoughts and decide for the way we think, freespeech, alllivesmatter, fuck antifa
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