Why the movie "gone with the wind" removed HBO Max

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Marasmus was intense: HBO Max temporarily removed the Oscar-winning film "gone with the wind" with its service after harsh criticism of the black population in the direction of the film and its themes of slavery!

Why the movie "gone with the wind" removed HBO Max
American streaming platform HBO Max removed the film "gone with the wind" in 1939 for racial themes against the background of large-scale protests in the US over the death of an African-American to George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

Why the movie "gone with the wind" removed HBO Max
White wash legs black activists. June 2020, North Carolina

On the court decided that the film is too "racist" and romanticizes the southerners and their culture. It is noted that it will be returned to the platform, provided that there will be notes on it contained "controversial issues".

Users sotssetey already wondering "result" protests writing: "the Level of delirium increases".

Why the movie "gone with the wind" removed HBO Max
Olivia de Havilland © freeze frame from the movie "gone with the wind"

Recall that this is not the first time the film has problems. So, in 2017, it was never shown in the cinema Orpheum in Memphis in the American state of Tennessee. The picture refused to show for the first time in 34 years. The management of the theater decided that the film idealizes the culture of southerners and slavery. As a result, the film was removed from the show.The film "gone with the wind" tells the story of the Civil war, lasted 1861 1865. The main heroine of the picture is Scarlett O'hara, trying to survive in times of feud and find his love, it was played by the actress Vivien Leigh.

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