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    Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020

    Axing "Gone with the Wind" means canceling the first Oscar performance by a black woman.

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      2. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020

        "I'd rather play the maid than be one," Hattie McDaniel used to say.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-hattie-mcdaniel-said-about-her-oscar-winning-career-playing-racial-stereotypes-180963575/ …

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      3. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020

        Bringing it back after appending a disclaimer at the start seems to me the right move. It is a racist film. Probably shouldn't have taken this long.

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      4. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020

        Bringing back "Song of the South" with a disclaimer would also be the right move.

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      5. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020

        anyway, colleague @LouLumenick anticipated this 5 years ago.https://nypost.com/2015/06/24/gone-with-the-wind-should-go-the-way-of-the-confederate-flag/ …

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      2. Octavius‏ @Octavius_Julii 10 Jun 2020
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        On her birthday none the less

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      3. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 10 Jun 2020
        Replying to @Octavius_Julii

        wow. Thanks.

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      1. Jay D. Aronson‏ @jaydaronson 10 Jun 2020
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        Read the full story. It will be back with a discussion of the legacy of slavery and the time period in which the film was made.

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      2. John Bundick‏ @DesperadoPro 10 Jun 2020
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        GWTW provides a snap shot of what the producer/writers/director etc. thought was an acceptable way to tell a story. Many scenes we may consider objectionable today were accepted by the creative team & 1930's audiences. 'Cancelling' GWTW deprives us of a learning opportunity.

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      3. Tim Hulsey‏ @hulsey_ryan 10 Jun 2020
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        It also provides a snapshot of what Selznick thought was unacceptable: The scenes we consider objectionable in the film were much more objectionable in Margaret Mitchell's novel. Selznick worked to remove racist language and blatant white supremacist ideology from the film.

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