"Can we get Gone With the Wind back, please?"
No. The opening text of the film makes this clear:
"Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a civilization gone with the wind..."
No. The opening text of the film makes this clear:
"Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a civilization gone with the wind..."
It's highly doubtful Trump ever sat all the way through Gone With the Wind.
But as a lover of film, and a Mississippian who really appreciates a lot about GWTW (as well as the deserved modern criticisms of it), I think a New York billionaire pining for the Old South sure is odd.
But as a lover of film, and a Mississippian who really appreciates a lot about GWTW (as well as the deserved modern criticisms of it), I think a New York billionaire pining for the Old South sure is odd.
But here's the thing: Trump pines for the days when films like Gone With the Wind won best picture, instead of a South Korean film?
South Korea is a US ally.
The Confederacy was not.
While I'm at it, Russia isn't either.
South Korea is a US ally.
The Confederacy was not.
While I'm at it, Russia isn't either.
Since you're here, you oughta know Hattie McDaniel was the 1st black Oscar winner for Gone With the Wind in 1940 (director had to call in a special favor for her to enter the hotel ballroom to accept).
Criticized for playing maids, she said: "I'd rather play a maid than be one."
Criticized for playing maids, she said: "I'd rather play a maid than be one."
