Why have the classic movie "Gone with the Wind" and the series "Little Britain" been "taken off the shelves"?
The classic film "Gone with the Wind", which has won 10 Oscar awards and is known as Hollywood's "first giant", has its charm throughout the 20th century.
The film has extraordinary contemporary significance, and its birth marks the entry of Hollywood cinema into the era of "grandiose production", which is hailed as an eternal classic.
"Gone with the Wind" has cultivated too many people's romantic consciousness, and there were too many fans for a while who felt that kissing Clark Gable was the most romantic thing, fantasizing about the romantic plot in the movie: the water lilies on the ceramics, the entanglement of the male and female protagonists under the violin...
Unexpectedly, shortly after the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, there was a message that the movie "Gone with the Wind" was announced to be "taken down". Only recently, John Ridley, screenwriter of "Twelve Years of Slavery", said in the Los Angeles Times that the movie "Gone with the Wind" depicts racial prejudice and glorifies the South before the American Civil War.
Subsequently, Warner's new streaming platform HBO Max removed the film from the shelves. The relevant spokesperson said: The removal of the shelves is temporary, "Gone with the Wind" will be re-listed in the future, not deleted, to maintain the original appearance, but will bring a discussion of the historical framework of the film, and condemn the racially discriminatory depictions in the film.
The spokesperson also said: "Gone with the Wind is a product of its time, depicting some racial prejudices that have unfortunately spread widely throughout American society. These depictions of racial discrimination were wrong at the time and at this time.
We believe it would be irresponsible to keep the film on the shelves without explanation and condemnation of these depictions. These portrayals are, of course, contrary to warner media group values. ”
Speaking about why we should not delete and keep it as it is, the spokesperson explained: "Because if we make other changes, it is tantamount to claiming that these prejudices have never existed, and if we want to create a more fair, just and inclusive future, we must first recognize and understand our history." ”
Following Warner Media's HBO Max platform announced the removal of the American Civil War-era movie "Gone with the Wind", Netflix and the BBC platform also announced the removal of the well-known comedy sketch series "Little Britain", because the white actors in the play painted "black face" when playing black characters.
Less than a month ago, on May 25, George Floyd was killed by a white police officer who knelt on one knee for eight minutes, causing tragedy. Since then, anti-racial street protests have begun to appear all over the United States and even around the world, and they have not subsided. On social media, various online protests have also risen and fallen.
At the same time, in this transitional justice, a movement to settle old accounts of racial discrimination has spread from the American show business circle: not to see how you choose sides, or even how you take a stand, but to "check" what you have said and done in the past. Whether it is a popular star or a classic in the history of famous films, it is not entitled to exemption.
This is really puzzling!
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