{"id":2060,"date":"2021-05-17T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2022-01-05T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T19:21:12","slug":"cancel-culture-is-getting-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=2060","title":{"rendered":"Cancel Culture Is Getting Out Of Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the summer of 2020, the 1939\u00a0 <\/span>Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind <\/i>was removed from HBO Max, after 12 Years A Slave<\/i> screenwriter John Ridley, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his work, wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times saying it should not continue to be shown because of its racist depictions. This removal was not only trying to obliterate a great chunk of American history \u2014 the Civil War (1861\u20131865) and the Reconstruction Era (1865\u20131877) \u2014 but also the context in which the film was made: the Thirties. History is a testament of good and evil, especially the latter. To pretend something does not exist will not make the present or future more virtuous. In fact, racist white supremacy movements did not cease to exist in America after what one may call an act of censorship. As a result, the streaming service HBO Max returned the classic film Gone with the Wind<\/i> to its library, with a disclaimer on FOX Classics that denies the horrors of slavery. Furthermore, the film page now includes extra videos contextualising its portrayals of slavery, including an introduction from Turner Classic Movies\u2019 Jacqueline Stewart and a panel discussion about the film’s complicated legacy.<\/p>\n

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However this urge from United States Entertainment corporations to remove whatever artistic expression have, or might have, an ambiguous interpretation has been growing ever more \u2014 some would say it is out of control. Woody Allen\u2019s sexual abuse allegation went to trial in the Nineties, and the filmmaker has never been charged with that crime. The feud between The Farrows vs. The Allens, has continued through op-ed pieces by Dylan Farrow and Ronan Farrow, who have extensively accused their father, or through hideous revelations on how Mia Farrow behaved at home (chronicled in Woody Allen\u2019s memoir Apropos of Nothing <\/i>and testimonies of his wife Soon-Yi Previn and his son Moses). Despite the issue had already been handled in the proper venues \u2014 courtrooms \u2014 the media has been acting as pillory, condemning a man without having any proof, but simply taking the side of the Farrows, by not distributing Allen’s latest works in the USA:\u00a0A Rainy Day in New York<\/i> and Rifkin\u2019s Festival<\/i>. Some actors have even declared to regret having worked with Mr. Allen. In this case no one except the parties involved know the truth; but also when we think about someone who has been declared guilty by the law, like Roman Polanski who was convicted for rape of a minor, the rest of us, as mere spectators, should perhaps judge the artwork and not the man. If not, also Caravaggio\u2019s works should be banned from the face of the earth, since he had a notorious reputation for having killed a man and had various accusations of sexual misconducts.<\/p>\n

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Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio<\/em><\/p>\n

Cancel Culture does not kill the evil that is intrinsic to human nature, it is a politically correct manoeuvre that wants to educate through censorship and repression of freedom of expression. It seems quite a paradox, doesn\u2019t it? As a matter of fact, one of the few actors who took Woody Allen\u2019s side in the past, has recently tweeted a firm critique on the entire phenomenon of Cancel Culture. Alec Baldwin recently wrote on Twitter: \u201cCancel culture is like a forest fire in constant need of fuel. Functioning objectively. No prejudice. No code. Just destroy. The deserving and the undeserving alike.<\/i>\u201d This message was a reaction to the way his wife, Hilaria Baldwin was under fire for fudging details of her upbringing and using a created accent, including a stumble over the word \u2018cucumber’ on the Today Show in 2015.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBaldwln____\/status\/1393221991126036488?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

But this is just the tip of the iceberg, if we think how Disney\u2019s 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs <\/i>has recently triggered a huge controversy around Prince Charming\u2019s kiss not being consensual, because Snow White is asleep, or believed to be dead.<\/p>\n

However even this kind of reasoning is wrong, because if one looks closely at the film again, there are three different moments that show how Snow White was enamoured with the Prince. One could even saying she was \u2018dying\u2019 to be kissed by Prince Charming \u2014 Literally. When she bites the poison apple she makes a wish connected to him, lured by the Evil Queen who asks her if there is someone she loves. Snow White replies \u201cthere is someone<\/i>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=74FIpczZ4BU&t=95s<\/a><\/p>\n

Prior to this, we see her at the beginning of the film, flirting with Prince Charming, as he serenades her One Song<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n