Gone with the wind was a movie we recently watched in class, and when we completed watching the first part of the movie, the class was asked if we thought the movie was offensive. My stance on if I think the movie is offensive is a mix of emotions, I do but I don’t at the same time.
Why I think it can be portrayed as offensive is because it tells the love story of Scarlett O’hara and her love for Ashley Wilkes, who is already married to Melanie Hamiltion, but is filmed back in a historic time for slavery. This was during the time that blacks were fighting for the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment along with the Civil War going into effect. During the movie, it doesn’t focus on this important moment of history but instead uses it as a background story. I see how this could come across as offensive, but overall I genuinely enjoyed the movie. My favorite character in the movie was actually Prissy. Prissy was an expressive woman that spoke what she wanted even though she was a black maid back when blacks didn’t have freedom of speech.
In class there was another debate that was brought up which was the acting of the characters. I actually didn’t realize there was a problem with the acting until someone brought up the topic. The only person I really had a problem with was Vivien Leigh, also known as Scarlett O’Hara, she was just too expressive in her emotion which got a little excessive at some points and distracted me from the main point in the movie.
Overall, I thought it was a good movie. I just got a little distracted at some points and couldn’t figure out the overall theme of whether it was supposed to portray the Civil War or the love story of Scarlett O’hara, Ashley Wilkes, and Rhett Butler.
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