[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

gone with the wind has .... gone with the wind on HBO

I thought Gone with the Wind clearly showed the inequality. Maybe we're going to just overlook slavery completely and pretend everything was fine and dandy for black people 150 years ago in the USA.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

funny

Eddie Murphy whited up to play a large-nosed Jew with a Yiddish accent.

I thought it was funny. He's an comedy actor.

That doesn't count because Jews have never been discriminated against

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

That doesn't count because Jews have never been discriminated against

Of course Oliver, how stupid of me to forget.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I thought Gone with the Wind clearly showed the inequality. Maybe we're going to just overlook slavery completely and pretend everything was fine and dandy for black people 150 years ago in the USA.

I think it's more to do with the stereotypes than whether it showed inequality.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I think it's more to do with the stereotypes than whether it showed inequality.

The main character had a slave.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The main character had a slave.

Yes, I know. The depiction of slavery itself is not grounds for it being removed. Contextually, it is correct. It is the PORTRAYAL of it, glamourising and using stereotypes.

Hence why HBO Max said when it returns they hope they can have more balanced material alongside it that depict the REALITY of slavery that isn't romanticised in a Hollywood epic.