HBO Max removes Gone with the Wind, will bring it back with an asterisk
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WarnerMedia, the company that owns HBO, revealed yesterday it’s removing Gone with the Wind from its nascent streaming service HBO Max. The Civil War romance between two very rich slaveowners has been temporarily removed while the parent company examines how to present its uncomfortable content in as sensitive a light as possible.
As the Black Lives Matter movement has called worldwide attention to the systemic racism and violence perpetuated against Black Americans, as well as the widespread abuse of power among police, many companies have raced to voice their support in one way or another. While some streaming services — such as The Criterion Channel — have lauded and highlighted the work of Black filmmakers, WarnerMedia is taking the opposite tack by removing one of its more divisive and problematic films, David O. Selznick’s Gone with the Wind.