I'm glad it's never been seen again; what utter saccharine tripe.
Did you even see the movie? Saccharine! It is full of scenes capturing the horror of the War, followed by the horror of reconstruction in a ruined South. What are you talking about? Is it hatred--yours--for the cultivated, refined South that was smashed in the war--the South of Jefferson, Madison, the Lees, and their deep southern counterparts--that you are venting?
On the other hand, "Gone With The Wind" was one of Hollywood's last balanced efforts, in which a fair vision of the old South was presented. What followed World War II, was a vicious assault on Southern culture. If this new movie really does present a fair view, it will have been very long over-due.
The use of the movies against the South, and to promote antagonism between the races and sections, over the past half-century, has been so vicious, that I used it as the major example in the essay, just posted, on The Persuasive Use Of Images. Perhaps your attitude was forged by those hateful images, referred to. Perhaps not. But there is nothing "saccharine" about "Gone With The Wind."
William Flax
"There was no acceptance of poverty or anything demeaning--no acceptance of a status quo."Folks back then were too proud to live off the gub'ment. My ancestors and others (regardless of color) would ask their neighbor for help rather than take federal handouts.