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Gone with the Wind removed from HBO Max

 

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Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel both won Oscars for their work in the film / GETTY IMAGES

 

Gone with the Wind has been taken off HBO Max following calls for it to be removed from the US streaming service.

 

HBO Max said the 1939 film was "a product of its time" and depicted "ethnic and racial prejudices" that "were wrong then and are wrong today".

 

It said the film would return to the platform at an unspecified date with a "discussion of its historical context".

 

Set during and after the American Civil War, Gone with the Wind has long been attacked for its depiction of slavery.

 

Full Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52990714

 

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34 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Little Britain has been removed too apparently from some platforms. Many other shows to follow!

Recently watched Love thy Neighbour on YouTube. 

Quick, get Alf Garnet in before that is gone.

 

And Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and Lenny Henry!

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2 minutes ago, baansgr said:

On a roll now....it's seriously out of hand...books will be next, television programmes, restricted internet access....wipe out history...just as the Nazis did with the Jews and Krakow....

Fahrenheit 451 ????

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5 minutes ago, Logosone said:

I just switched on my PS4 and was greeted with a "Black Lives Matter" message from Playstation.

 

I pay money to be lectured on race now? What the xxxx???

every company has to do it, no questions asked

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1 hour ago, garygooner said:

Little Britain has been removed too apparently from some platforms. Many other shows to follow!

Recently watched Love thy Neighbour on YouTube. 

Why would you watch a sitcom from the 1970s...

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It's not like they will lose subscribers because they don't have Gone with the wind in their catalog. But they could lose many if some of these idiots who are looking for things to object too so that they can feel relevant, decided to make an issue of it. And having removed Gone with the wind, inoculates them from other objections because they can claim that they were proactive.

Excellent way to get ahead of this thing.  

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