Films and TV shows removed from streaming services

[Pi]

so .. a bit more on 'gone with the wind'

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/books ... 553vw.html

Even in these relatively enlightened times, Gone with the Wind is dangerous fare for young minds. I can’t begin to imagine what the book would do to an African-American reader

yeah... er.. no... I dont want people writing the popular politics of the day on to any literature... 20 years from now it all gets changed...again.


And for the record I didnt like the movie or the book. I prefer to read non fiction history anyway.

To me that isn't the point of it, getting into the mind set of the author is, prefacing it with social and or political commentary is the literary equivalent of graffiti tagging.

[David]

[Tannin]

[stui magpie]

I don't think I've ever actually watched all of Gone with the wind, nothing about it really appeals to me. Besides, the name makes me think of the baked beans scene in Blazing Saddles.

If people these days are too stupid to understand that it's a movie set in a certain time with some historical accuracies about that time and not a modern documentary or an influencer post about how life should be, shoot the stupid people.

[ronrat]

Censorship is largely to be avoided. Whats next? Nude paintings and statues, Mafia movies,. Ban Guess who is coming to dinner because it offends vegetarians. This is getting like South Park Christmas episode.
Why don,t we ban every public holiday except New Years day so we don;t offend pacifists, aboriginals, anti royals, non christians and the animal rights movement. And do not replace them with anything.

[Morrigu]

Never seen Gone with the Wind and this is totally irrelevant (and will illustrate what a dill I am when it comes to movies but what the hell) when we went to Morocco our first stop was Casablanca - people asked are you going there because of the movie - just nodded - thought the movie they were talking about was GWTW

We stayed there an hour and then jumped on the train to Rabat ( absolute shithole).

Let people adult for good or for bad - this desire to do away with everything that “may” offend depending on the beliefs of the demanding is just nonsense!

[David]

On the last couple of posts, worth noting that there is no suggestion of banning Gone with the Wind (film or book), just adding a disclaimer of sorts at the beginning. If that's going to be the new thing that progressive people call for in response to "problematic" art, then, sure, fine, whatever. Could be worse, that's for sure. But I think it's still fair to view it as a kind of pointless exercise and one that is symptomatic of a nanny-state mentality on steroids.