Gone with the Wind - Thank Goodness!

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2006)

While there are many, many laudable features in this film, and it certainly deserves a place in cinematic history, so do two other classic but racist films: "Birth of a Nation" and "Triumph of the Will".
While it's in many ways the template of a well-told romantic epic, it's also a glorification of the Antebellum South - with every iota of the racism therein.
Rhett Butler makes reference to the "simple-minded 'darkies'", Scarlet slaps "Prissy" - of course at one point or another, Scarlet slaps everyone.
In short Black folks are portrayed as simple, cowardly and practically deserving of slavery.
I've always found this film unbearable to watch.