On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:46 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> It never ceases to amaze me how American corporations can be both smart > and stupid at the exact same moment. > These corporate actions always look like "how do we drop this hot potato" and not "how do we use our power to make the society we want to see." HBO Max wanted to brag about having the most extensive classic movie catalog and that brought them to this. And as it's an almost 4 hour movie it's not like lots of people are going to sit down and watch the whole thing. I found these tweets from Karina Longworth <https://twitter.com/KarinaLongworth> of the You Must Remember This podcast interesting: I know I’m going to get asked, so: I believe Hollywood’s history of racism should be openly discussed. As I explained in the @RememberThisPod <https://twitter.com/RememberThisPod> season about Song of the South, when the industry tries to hide that history by de-circulating the products, they become fetish objects. And obviously, that “history” is not over, it lingers. And the fetishism already exists: Trump invoked Gone with the Wind when Parasite won best picture. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFWwqcycsGQN5d5EZTmJBeveYjMugTV4gKxWNOYgS8-Nw%40mail.gmail.com.
