... for reasons that I'm sure everybody here knows all too well; is that also the case with GETTYSBURG and Ted Turner?
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
Comparing apples and oranges. The only things GWTW have in common with Gettysburg are that they are both over 4 hours long, are set in the United States in the 1860s, and begin with a G. I don't consider GWTW a war movie at all but a high-production-value soap opera.
shareAll that is true, but one of the armies is fighting for the institutions of the Confederacy, whose main symbol is the much maligned flag of the Southern Cross.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
It portrays them in their proper historical context as well. Nothing more nothing less.
shareOne of the most important scenes of GWTW is when the people of Atlanta react in shock at the many casualties suffered in Gettysburg.
After the war, Robert Edward Lee was one of the most powerful advocates for a reunified country, free from the anger that brought about the war in the first place. It seems his tolerant attitude is not shared by enough people in the present day dis-United States.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
Shirley Temple in 1935 made THE LITTLEST REBEL, in which she plays the daughter of a Confederate. Is ST, who served the USA as an ambassador, getting grief because of that role? The entire issue of the Southern Cross flag is likely to accomplish nothing more than making a lot of people unnecessarily and imprudently angry.
I posted in this board the question of when civil wars are REALLY OVER--id est, when they stop making people angry. Obviously the 1861-65 War is anything but over.
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
I am willing to give a 7-year-old girl a pass on the choices made for her by her parents.
shareWords and symbols mean whatever the minds that drive the masses have decided they mean. What was benign yesterday is offensive today, and must be done away with. Historical accuracy has no place for those that are offended by it. A while back a progressive wanted a display of the pilgrims and Indians to be culturally diverse. It didn't matter if it would then be historically inaccurate, because it was mean not to have everyone in it.
Get used to it. This is the cliff we're being driven over, and you're nowhere near the steering wheel.