For Queen Latifah, it would be necessary to bury Gone with the Wind once and for all. After a brief withdrawal from the HBO Max platform, the 1939 film returned, with an introductory context. But the maneuver is not to the taste of the rapper and actress.
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"Let Gone With the Wind be blown by the wind," she said in an interview with the Associated Press. And if the star has a say, it is that she is well informed on the issue. In Ryan Murphy's Hollywood series , she plays the role of Hattie McDaniel who was, thanks to her role in the classic, the first black woman to win an Oscar.
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"They only let her enter the room a few moments before she went to collect her award," said Queen Latifah, referring to her character. She was not even allowed to sit. And she must have read a speech written by the studio. And after that, all she could do was play the same kinds of roles. "
For the actress, herself an Oscar winner, this type of marginalization is still at work today and Gone with the Wind is an unbearable symbol. One thing is certain, 80 years after its release, it must at least be recognized as a quality to this work: to serve and to fuel a necessary debate.
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