Gone with the Wind, both the novel and the book have won wide-spread appreciation and acclaim. But the danger lies, because of its popularity. Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean its right. Birth of a Nation was popular. Does that mean it was morally right? Margaret Mitchell might be the best story-teller ever and Scarlett O’ [...]
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Gone with the Wind
Posted in Cinema, Racism, tagged Add new tag, Afro-Americans, Ashley Wilkes, Atticus Finch, Birth of Nation, Blacks, Butterfly McQueen, Ellen, Gerald O Hara, Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel, integration, Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm X, Mammy, Margaret Mitchell, Melanie, negroes, Pork, Prissy, racist, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O’ Hara, Selznick, sexist, slavery, slaves, South, Southern black man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Uncle Peter, Uncle Tom, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, white Southerner, Yankees on November 13, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Getting quotes right
Posted in The Muses, tagged alliteration, God is on the side of the big battalions, God is on the side of the strongest battalion, Gone with the Wind, Law of poetic license, Rhett Butler, rhyme, rhythm, Shakespeare, Some men are born to greatness, Twelfth Night, Voltaire on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“God is on the side of the strongest battalion,” says Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. For me, this line appealed more to my practical side than the lines from “Charge of the Light Brigade.” And later I found out that the line was not a Margaret Mitchell original, but an allusion to Napoleon’s [...]
Blog neglect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIG issue, blog neglect, Castaway, Cinema Paradiso, Dance Like a Man, Devil wears Prada, financial reporting, Gemini Flyover, Gone with the Wind, Hutch or Vodafone puppy, Kung Fu Panda, La Strada, Life is Beautiful, Malina, Notting Hill, Parson's Manor, Pride and Prejudice (1995), The Green Mile, The Society of WouldbeGoods, Wind in the Willows & Mary Poppins, your honour on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been charged with official “blog neglect”. I am “Guilty, as charged, your honour.” In my defense, I can only state that there are too many lovely things going on in the world. I have suddenly developed an interest in financial reporting I am keenly watching how the AIG issue develops. On the personal [...]
