‘Gone with the Wind’ v ‘Twelve Years a Slave’

[struggle4progress]

[struggle4progress]

1. ‘Gone with the Wind’ should go the way of the Confederate flag

By Lou Lumenick
June 24, 2015 | 2:37pm

... “Gone with the Wind’’ isn’t as blatantly and virulently racist as D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation’’ ... The more subtle racism of “Gone with the Wind’’ is in some ways more insidious, going to great lengths to enshrine the myth that the Civil War wasn’t fought over slavery — an institution the film unabashedly romanticizes ... Based on a best seller by die-hard Southerner Margaret Mitchell, “Gone with the Wind’’ buys heavily into the idea that the Civil War was a noble lost cause and casts Yankees and Yankee sympathizers as the villains, both during the war and during Reconstruction ...

http://nypost.com/2015/06/24/gone-with-the-wind-should-go-the-way-of-the-confederate-flag/

[yeoman6987]

2. I didn't like Gone with the Wind

So boring but I think many find it a great movie and would think it would go to far and actually hurt the progress going on right now. Best to leave that be for now at least.

[SunSeeker]

3. Gone with the Wind was based on a racist fantasy.

Twelve Years a slave was based on fact.

Unfortunately, the racist fantasy involved pretty dresses, popular actors and beautiful cinematography, so it was a big smash.

Twelve Years a Slave was disturbingly real. Not exactly a date movie.