"Dukes of Hazzard" is an easy target, critics always said it was trashy. We should go after cultural "classics" — like "Gone with the Wind."
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To best of my knowledge, "Dukes of Hazzard" never promoted racism. But "Gone with the Wind" is somehow actually respected.
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@EricKleefeld I haven't seen it in ages but my sense is that "Gone With the Wing" is deliberately ambiguous & can be seen as critique1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Though the movie was less awful than the (best-selling) book, which praised the Ku Klux Klan for protecting white women's honor.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Movie's intro text: "There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South…"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet "Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow…"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet "Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave…"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@EricKleefeld Again, I haven't seen in ages and am sure I'd hate it if I re-watched but I think film does skewer illusions of planters.
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