GWTW remains, if adjusted for inflation, the best selling movie ever. The original novel remains one of the best selling English language novels ever. I will confess I also have not read the book.
I will say that the character of Scarlet could just be the biggest bitch ever in film. Rhett gave a damn far too long.
I got the requisite lecture on racism before the film aired on TCM (on the Max streaming service). In this case there is a significant amount of racism in the film, but to portray that society in that time any differently would be wrong.
I will say, tongue in cheek, Prissy deserved to get slapped for her voice alone.
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I borrowed the book from the Bookmobile when I was about 10.
Saw the movie for the first time, in a local theater, 1969.
My Dad's favorite book. And, I suspect, movie.
I never read the book and I watched the movie once. As much as I enjoy the study of the Late Unpleasantness, I just can't get into that particular story. (Besides which, I think Sherman didn't burn Atlanta hard enough.)
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