Of Dungeons and Wind
This is what being responsible looks like. Recently HBO Max has pulled Gone with the Wind from its library in order to place an informative message by a film studies expert and voice of color at the front of the film to help place the film in its historical context. Gone with the Wind is a wonderful and deeply problematic film. It was racist when the book was written, when it was filmed, and when it is depicted. Some of those choices were done because they are depicting a racist period, others were made because the filmmakers were victims of systemic racism, and others were the results of racist ideas that the filmmakers hadn't yet delt with in themselves. I am not a film critic nor an expert on racism but I am very excited to be having someone who can speak to both introduce this classic film and I hope other media follows suit. There was a recent discussion on the Page of one of my favorite games, Dungeon World, about how the game supports colonialists, racist, and ableist ideas...