This has been going on for a while, hasn't it? Maybe a little less ostentatiously than this type of virtue signalling.
Thee BBC is doing the same thing with Little Britain (comedy sketch show) because of blacking-up. There are probably thousands of examples from cinema and TV that would bring apoplexy to the current generation of unfortunates. What about Silver Streak? I'm sure the pious little shitbags would have a lot to say about that film!
Maybe a group of people who care about history should get all this stuff together in physical form before they wipe it from digital archives or make it completely inaccessible. A sort of Noah's Ark for our culture. Keeping things safe until -maybe - the madness ends. Bet BBC will burn all it's copies of The Black and White Minstrel Show.
I'm sure I read that it's only being taken out of circulation temporally & will come back with a new intro...just in case the viewer doesn't know that they're about to look at an eighty year old film.
You think Blazing Saddles will be the next target of banishment?
I can totally see them trying for that one, but they will probably wait until Mel Brooks is dead. I think he's been fighting that battle for a while now and he's steeling himself for the latest assault.
The facts that it was co-written by Richard Pryor, and that a black guy was the most intelligent character in the film* will soar like a beautiful eagle right over their tiny, pointed heads.
Who cares. Anyone who can afford HBO wouldn't be watching it. Movies come and go on streaming services for various reasons. Where are my favorite movies that were never shown? Does anyone think HBO should care? No, they would tell me it's not profitable. HBO is a business, not a government library, and they can decide what they want to show.
That said, the industry should just add a descriptive warning footnote to the rating like they do for other "offensive" material. Problem solved. I think they did this already for Warner Brothers cartoon collections with racially insensitive material.
That said, the industry should just add a descriptive warning footnote to the rating like they do for other "offensive" material. Problem solved. I think they did this already for Warner Brothers cartoon collections with racially insensitive material.
But everyone is offended by something nowadays. Lets just toss it right back at them. "WARNING: Don't watch this if you're a snowflake."
I would love to hear Olivia de Havilland's perspective on this after all these years. It's clear she still has a lot of spunk having sued Netflix for using her character without permission in the series FEUD.
Okay so is anyone going back through the decades and reviving any films that have disappeared off the radar, that were considered unsuitable because they were way ahead of their time? There must be some that were misunderstood on the time of their release that would come across really well now. Any suggestions? I would like the opportunity to see Deep Six Starring Alan Ladd. Broadcast the full run of Bonanza on prime time television? Quincy ME was broadcast decades ago. How many of the problems in that show are still happening? Regards CC
