Is Gone with the Wind as F***ed up as it seems?

by Galactic_hussar

My Mother has always wanted me to watch it, she always said it was one of her favorite movies. Then I finally watch it, and I was very uncomfortable. It seemed to fairly downplay how bad slavery was, making it seem more kind. Now I would be fine with a movie from the perspective of a plantation owner in the confederacy, but they seem to have done it extremely wrong, but I’m not too sure. Is this movie as bad as it seems to me? Or am I just overthinking/ overreacting over details?

DanKensington

Oh, no, you're definitely right to be uncomfortable - Gone With The Wind is indeed a shining piece of Lost Cause apologia, as ably explained here by u/walpurgisnox.