That was the premise of "The Wind Done Gone", the book from 2001 that set legal precedent for fair use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_Done_Gone
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:05 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, there is no way to make a non racist version of GWTW, as you say the > film and book are nostalgic racist poems. But it would be an interesting > project, maybe an HBO mini-series, to tell Scarlet’s story from the > perspective of her slaves. It would put in more clear and tragic, > heartbreaking focus the true meaning of her last line... > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:36 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I wouldn't want to see a "censored" version of GWTW, either, but I don't >> know if it'd be possible to do that. It's not a matter of a particular line >> or scene; it's the whole mindset of the picture. You'd have to rethink if >> from the ground up and remake the entire picture. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7:20:20 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: >>> >>> Try them with a little Sriracha... >>> >>> I think I said AMC originally, but I meant TCM, and I think they were >>> explicit (at least in some discussion ps) that this is what they wanted to >>> do. I did expect some kind of round table discussion after, but perhaps >>> what they will do is produce a kind of documentary about the film and put >>> that up separately later. >>> >>> While I approve of what HBO has done here, there are still legitimate >>> concerns related to your original objections. I do not approve of going >>> through every film and television show and removing the now offensive bits. >>> I would raise holy hell if they put out a censored version of GWTW, and I >>> do not approve of all of the (mostly self) censorship we are seeing now. >>> OTOH, I reserve the right to approve of pulling some things that may just >>> be too much. >>> >>> I will post a related example in its own thread. >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:29 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> My words are awfully tasty tonight. >>>> >>>> https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/gone-with-the-wind-returns-to-hbo-max-with-intro-on-racism.html >>>> >>>> There's a defensive part of me that wants to say "If you would've just >>>> said you wanted TCM's Jacqueline Stewart to do something with this, I'd >>>> have at least given you a little credit you're going down the right path.". >>>> >>>> I have mentioned before in this forum about how for a person who doesn't >>>> like movies, I love TCM on several levels. I wonder if WarnerMedia doesn't >>>> appreciate what a gem it has in that channel and its followers. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/2b2d1da8-8743-41c2-ade6-9e9411856103o%40googlegroups.com. >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> 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/36bb5258-1b79-4182-80ce-399f3a277b5bo%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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/CAKGtkYLQ%3DnFUPFRQFJQrZHYfckmaP1gJomPuj72OXNF60Ugq7w%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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/CAPG%2BkUN8AKEqcVObP2G_JKu5wXn7h-DP%2Bgh3ex_DJJ3C3pwjEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
