'Where does this end?' Megyn Kelly slams HBO for pulling Gone With The Wind sarcastically saying other hit shows like Friends and Game of Thrones should be cancelled too for their depiction of women and LGBTQ people
Megyn Kelly is slamming HBO Max for temporarily pulling the classic film Gone with the Wind following criticism that it romanticizes slavery, saying 'Where does this end?'
'Are we going to pull all of the movies in which women are treated as sex objects too? Guess how many films we’ll have left? Where does this end?' she tweeted Wednesday.
The journalist sarcastically argued that if movie giants and streaming sites start to pull down controversial shows and films that means hits like Friends, Game of Thrones, and Law and Order must be taken down too.
'Ok @hbomax – let’s do this – every episode of “Friends” needs to go right now. If not, you hate women (& LGBTQ ppl), who also don’t fare well on "Friends". Obviously Game of Thrones has to go right now. Anything by John Hughes…Woody Allen…could go on & on & on & on…' she said.
Megyn Kelly is slamming HBO Max for temporarily pulling the classic film Gone with the Wind following criticism that it romanticizes slavery, saying 'Where does this end?'
The lawyer turned journalist shared a slew of tweets slamming the removal of movies and shows that have fallen foul with the public saying if all the films that portray women as sex objects were taken down, there would be very few movies left
On Tuesday HBO announced they’d remove the 1939 epic Gone With the Wind (above) that tells the story of a turbulent romance during the Civil following criticism that it glosses over the horrors of slavery
On Tuesday HBO announced they’d remove the 1939 epic that tells the story of a turbulent romance during the Civil following criticism that it glosses over the horrors of slavery.
HBO said it would temporarily remove the film to start a 'discussion of its historical context and a denouncement' of its portrayal of black people and slavery.
The film starred Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara and is based on a novel written three years prior by Margaret Mitchell.
Hattie McDaniel, who would've been 127 today, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar for the film.
Controversial depictions of racism and slavery, from Hollywood blockbusters to Confederate monuments, have become a hot topic of debate amid protests decrying racism and the police killing of black man George Floyd.
Kelly denounced the move to remove the film saying it would trigger a domino effect and lead to the removal of a slew of other TV shows and movies.
She continued to list shows that could be cut for being insensitive to women and the LGBTQ community like Friends, Game of Thrones, and Woody Allen films
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz similarly tweeted: 'Is this real? First Gone with the Wind, now this? STOP the censorship, you Orwellian statists!'
'"Live PD" is consistently one of the highest rated shows on cable. But now it may go away bc even watching a police show is somehow offensive to some. (Secret option #2: if you don’t like it, don’t watch.)' she said on the news that the long-running show was cancelled in light of protests against police brutality.
One Twitter user replied to her criticism saying: 'We can say goodbye to Tarantino or Scorsese movies.'
'Totally. Forgot those guys. Let’s keep it going until all we have left is The Queen and Captain America,' she replied.
Kelly said that books, music and art don't need to be censured even if they portray controversial views of race, sex, and bias.
'For the record, you can loathe bad cops, racism, sexism, bias against the LGBTQ community, and not censor historical movies, books, music and art that don’t portray those groups perfectly,' she said.
'Ppl understand art reflects life... as we evolve, so do our cultural touchstones,' she added.
John Ridley, pictured with his Oscar for 12 Years a Slave, in 2014. Ridley said HBO should consider removing the film from its offering, describing it as a film which only serves to 'perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color'
John Ridley called for HBO to take down the film, and a day later the service complied
The reignited controversy over Gone with the Wind started on Monday when John Ridley, screenwriter for 12 Years A Slave, wrote in the Los Angeles Times that the film should potentially be removed.
'It doesn't just 'fall short' with regard to representation,' he wrote.
'It is a film that glorifies the antebellum south. It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color.
'It is a film that, as part of the narrative of the 'Lost Cause,' romanticizes the Confederacy in a way that continues to give legitimacy to the notion that the secessionist movement was something more, or better, or more noble than what it was — a bloody insurrection to maintain the 'right' to own, sell and buy human beings.'
The film was controversial from the beginning.
African American film critic Earl J. Morris, who wrote for the black Pittsburgh Courier newspaper, urged readers to write to the Motion Picture Producers Association and demand that the 'n-word' be removed from the script, because it featured heavily in the novel.
Morris also reported that many black actors refused to take the demeaning roles, but added that 'we cannot criticize' the black actors, 'for they are economic slaves.'
When the movie was released in January 1940 the NAACP criticized McDaniel, who played Mammy, as an 'Uncle Tom.
HBO said on Tuesday the film's removal was only temporary.
'Gone With the Wind is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society,' the company said in a statement.
'These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible.
'These depictions are certainly counter to WarnerMedia's values, so when we return the film to HBO Max, it will return with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions, but will be presented as it was originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.
'If we are to create a more just, equitable and inclusive future, we must first acknowledge and understand our history.'
'Where does this end?' Megyn Kelly slams HBO for pulling Gone With The Wind sarcastically saying other hit shows like Friends and Game of Thrones should be cancelled too for their depiction of women and LGBTQ people
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