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Thread #168302   Message #4066768
Posted By: robomatic
31-Jul-20 - 07:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Furlough in 'Gone With The WInd'!
Subject: RE: BS: Furlough in 'Gone With The WInd'!
Not only was it a truly memorable film, there is enough matter in there to be worth whatever cultural faux pas are to be found in its reels.

First Academy Award to an African American: Hattie McDaniels.

Wonderful last line from Gable: "Fragly m'dear I dode give a dab!"

Wonderful opportunity for hundreds of take-offs. I can think of two hilarious ones from the use of window shade fabric for a dress:

Carol Burnett's "I just saw it in the window and I had to have it."
The Critic: The girl has actually used window blinds instead of fabric; she pulls the blinds upon which he remarks "Oh, baby's got back!"

The movie is so full of verbal and visual iconic stamps that it furnishes nourishment far into the future. Sort of like taking various bigoted remarks out of Shakespeare but enabling us to continue to learn from them.