Gone With The Wind Temporally Removed From HBO MAX (Or How To Look Back On Controversial Media) (1 Viewer)

[zeetes]

i hate musicals. i wish all were banned.

sorry, i'd rather watch mj play ball with bugs bunny. way more realistic than a bunch of random people simultaneously knowing the same song and dance in rhythm.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

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.

prince/pauper
life on the mississippi
connecticut yankee
huck and tom of course
many essays
thanks for the books on tape recommend

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

i hate musicals. i wish all were banned.

sorry, i'd rather watch mj play ball with bugs bunny. way more realistic than a bunch of random people simultaneously knowing the same song and dance in rhythm.

i found a little biopic about you

 

[flygirl]

prince/pauper
life on the mississippi
connecticut yankee
huck and tom of course
many essays
thanks for the books on tape recommend

Ahhhhh....I love you!! One of my absolute favorites is something something pudd'nhead wilson. That isn't the proper title...

 

[49erKiller]

What’s next, the movie Glory.

This seems like one of those be careful what you wish for moments. Quentin Tarantino has a whole collection of movies (that's he's written) that can removed from digital libraries and shelves.

 

[James Spader]

This seems like one of those be careful what you wish for moments. Quentin Tarantino has a whole collection of movies (that's he's written) that can removed from digital libraries and shelves.

I am sure Blazing Saddles is next.

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

I am sure Blazing Saddles is next.

I often wish we could take everyone under 40 who is Very Online and lock them in a room to watch Blazing Saddles on repeat until they can just give it a rest.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I often wish we could take everyone under 40 who is Very Online and lock them in a room to watch Blazing Saddles on repeat until they can just give it a rest.

Old dudes complaining about youth
man, they should make a movie

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Old dudes complaining about youth
man, they should make a movie

1) I have no problem removing the age requirement and make it for anyone that is Very Online.

2) I am under 50 so really I am just getting started

 

[49erKiller]

Old dudes complaining about youth
man, they should make a movie

"Get off my lawn!"

At the same time, old(er) people have experienced youth and being young. Young people don't understand and haven't experienced what it's like being old(er).

 

[DaveXA]

Old dudes complaining about youth
man, they should make a movie

I'm pretty sure that movie has already been made, maybe even multiple times.

 

[49erKiller]

Old dudes complaining about youth
man, they should make a movie

I'm pretty sure that movie has already been made, maybe even multiple times.

 

[AARPSaint]

Blazing Saddles is an interesting case. It shows how stupid racism and prejudice are, "You know.....morons." By the way, Wilder ad libbed that line, which cracked Cleavon Little up.

When you take the n - word out, it can eviscerate the humor. The guy who played Lyle felt very uncomfortable saying it, but Cleavon Little said to go ahead because it was all in fun.

That's part of the problem. No white person should ever use the n - word in my view, with the possible exceptions of clowning or quoting, but you can self-censor when you are quoting. Humor takes place in the moment, so censoring can ruin the effect. In the case of Blazing Saddles, taking out the n-word diminishes the humor almost beyond recognition.

Look at the scene where Gabby on the roof keeps saying, "The new sheriff is a n" and the bell goes off, thereby censoring itself. When we lose the ability to laugh at ourselves--in this case, the utter stupidity of racism--we lose a vital part of perspective.

I knew someone for whom Archie Bunker was a hero. When you can't understand that racism is stupid, and that stupidity deserves ridicule, you are seriously warped.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Blazing Saddles is an interesting case. It shows how stupid racism and prejudice are, "You know.....morons." By the way, Wilder ad libbed that line, which cracked Cleavon Little up.

When you take the n - word out, it can eviscerate the humor. The guy who played Lyle felt very uncomfortable saying it, but Cleavon Little said to go ahead because it was all in fun.

That's part of the problem. No white person should ever use the n - word in my view, with the possible exceptions of clowning or quoting, but you can self-censor when you are quoting. Humor takes place in the moment, so censoring can ruin the effect. In the case of Blazing Saddles, taking out the n-word diminishes the humor almost beyond recognition.

Look at the scene where Gabby on the roof keeps saying, "The new sheriff is a n" and the bell goes off, thereby censoring itself. When we lose the ability to laugh at ourselves--in this case, the utter stupidity of racism--we lose a vital part of perspective.

I knew someone for whom Archie Bunker was a hero. When you can't understand that racism is stupid, and that stupidity deserves ridicule, you are seriously warped.

i find the gay stuff way more problematic than the n word stuff
esp since richard pryor helped write

 

[jayd265]

never seen it. guess its a bigger story for others than myself.