THIS MOVIE SHOULD GO WITH THE WIND

Rating: Null/10 (15 December 2004)

Someone pointed out flaws in this film, but there are more. Also someone downplayed or white-washed the racism in Gone With the Wind. In the first place happy slaves is a stupid idea. Slaves had no rights. No rights to education, voting or any freedom. Someone else decided who and when they were to "marry" or produce other slaves. They were bred and treated like cattle. They were legally beaten and murdered for no reason. Slave women were regularly raped by white owners. And where is Mammy's husband and children? Sold and ripped away from her at an auction block. All this and slaves are supposed to be happy. Secondly,how can we care about the likes of Scarlett, someone who profits from the death and suffering of enslaved people like a drug pusher? Slavery or having no rights at all does not produce happiness. There are reports of house slaves committing suicide or killing their children rather than have them subjected to slavery, and a famous one, Harriet Tubman, describes how degrading it is before she escapes.
Some viewers are caught up in the romance and music without stopping to note how the film white washes slavery and despicable people. How about happy smiling concentration camp victims and wonderful, beautiful and romantic sadistic nazi prison guards?