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An issue I felt was inaccurate was the scene where the African American nanny received a red dress from the captain as a gift. Would Southerners actually do this for their servants? –Ashley Scutari | An issue I felt was inaccurate was the scene where the African American nanny received a red dress from the captain as a gift. Would Southerners actually do this for their servants? –Ashley Scutari | ||
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| + | The house slaves all seemed to be treated a lot nicer than I had expected. They were still slaves, yeah? As for Whitney's point about Scarlett's cleavage, let's think of who the big (no pun intended) actresses were of the time. Mae West and Rita Hayworth. Sex sold back then just as it does now. As Jewel said, "follow me, the blonde bombshell diety, I'll sell you neat ideas without big words and a little bit of cleavage to wash it all down." --Cash Nelson | ||
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| + | And yes. I just quoted Jewel. --Cash Nelson | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
