The most revealing part is that Trump asked for ‘Gone with the Wind’ back. Patriarchy, slavery, celebrating the Old South. Yikes. Trump really does signal to his voters’ worst instincts
A couple ppl have suggested that there’s a lot more going on in ‘Gone w/ the Wind’ than it’s reactionary context, it’s an important movie, & so on. Sure. Of course. But you know that’s not why Trump mentioned it. It was pretty obviously white identity cultural politics signaling
All the MAGA folks telling me how ‘Gone’ is a classic & all are missing my point. It’s artistic value is not why Trump choose it. When has T ever expressed interest in anything remotely high culture? I’d bet he barely even knows the film. He mentioned it for its racial signaling
