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Overall, the little bit of history in this movie is fairly accurate. I find it a hard movie to critic because there is so little in the storyline that comes from history. This movie was clearly meant to be entertaining. - Christine W. | Overall, the little bit of history in this movie is fairly accurate. I find it a hard movie to critic because there is so little in the storyline that comes from history. This movie was clearly meant to be entertaining. - Christine W. | ||
| − | '''If nap time was a part of gatherings in polite society (BBQ at Twelve Oaks), I'll go to war to bring that back. - JT | + | '''If nap time was a part of gatherings in polite society (BBQ at Twelve Oaks), I'll go to war to bring that back. - JT''' |
| − | Too bad the men weren't the ones napping, JT. - Kelly Wuyscik''' | + | '''Too bad the men weren't the ones napping, JT. - Kelly Wuyscik''' |
I know Scarlett O'Hara is a polarizing character, but wow! '''My own feelings about her are somewhat conflicted, but I have to stand up for her.''' While she certainly fits the stereotype of the flirtatious, moonlight and magnolia Southern belle in the opening scenes of the film, she quickly develops into a hardworking, dynamic woman willing to do whatever it takes to protect her home. Scarlett is conniving, but she is also a successful businesswoman in a time when women of her social group were expected to raise (to a certain extent) children and join sewing societies (as Melanie and others do in the novel). Rhett Butler is just as amoral. Ashley Wilkes is a pathetic remnant of a past that never really existed. Melanie Wilkes, while kind and moral, is a flat character whose main purpose is to serve as Scarlett's foil, making her (Scarlett's) actions seem less harsh. Scarlett is subject to the censure of her own society (and to some extent our own) because she doesn't conform to the proper female ideal. - Sarah Richardson | I know Scarlett O'Hara is a polarizing character, but wow! '''My own feelings about her are somewhat conflicted, but I have to stand up for her.''' While she certainly fits the stereotype of the flirtatious, moonlight and magnolia Southern belle in the opening scenes of the film, she quickly develops into a hardworking, dynamic woman willing to do whatever it takes to protect her home. Scarlett is conniving, but she is also a successful businesswoman in a time when women of her social group were expected to raise (to a certain extent) children and join sewing societies (as Melanie and others do in the novel). Rhett Butler is just as amoral. Ashley Wilkes is a pathetic remnant of a past that never really existed. Melanie Wilkes, while kind and moral, is a flat character whose main purpose is to serve as Scarlett's foil, making her (Scarlett's) actions seem less harsh. Scarlett is subject to the censure of her own society (and to some extent our own) because she doesn't conform to the proper female ideal. - Sarah Richardson | ||
