Gone With The Wind Temporally Removed From HBO MAX (Or How To Look Back On Controversial Media)

guidomerkinsrules said

I don’t think there’s any danger of losing his work
And to add, he’s a hero of mine for the danger he put himself in rescuing maxim gorky

I will say that in my 20s as a practicing artist and student of culture, I held art as sacred
I cringe at that idea now
I see no use for encasing art in amber except as an example of cultural gatekeeping
The art has been made, artists are long dead so neither gains anything
It’s just a subtle reminder of who gets to come in the room and where they get to sit
I’m not for that

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I think that Twains work is so much more powerful, left original, but you are right, it can be accessed. And I do appreciate the "Sam" reference. Have you read any of his other stuff? Innocents abroad is something I never tire of. I listen to audio books online all the time. It's free, since it's in the public domain. Edited yet again to say that John Greenman is the best reader af anything Twain. He volunteers his reading skills and is as good, or better a reader that I've ever heard. It is all free to listen. A google will easily find it.