Frankly, my dear, I can't fucking believe I wasted almost 4 hours of my life watching pro-Confederacy revisionist propaganda. Nor can I believe that, even during the height of Segregation, it was lauded by critics and was nominated for and won an unprecedented number of Academy Awards. Americans are so forgiving of white supremacy when it comes from within our own borders, it just makes me want to vomit.

And like, okay, if this were a technically brilliant film with a fantastic script and a director and cast that knocked it out of the park but also super racist and manipulative, this would be an entirely different conversation. But it's not! It's a bloated melodrama with basically zero redeeming qualities,…

for one reason or another, people repeatedly call Gone with the Wind dated. this iconic epic is steeped in the ideologies and social structures of its time, a vivid tableau of an era long past, an idea that the film explores with a mythical longing. yet, as i immersed myself in its lavish narrative, i cast aside any modern lens, seeking instead to understand the world it portrays with the sensibilities of its own, singular epoch. this perspective is essential. it allows one to grasp the film's introspective nuances and appreciate its monumental storytelling holistically. this is where contemporary audiences regularly fall short. while there's nothing wrong with avoiding who or what causes personal discomfort, i just think people are…