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Cologne / Berlin (dpa) - A Hollywood classic told in a completely different way: The WDR has had the southern epic “Gone with the Wind” artistically processed in a completely new way.
The radio play "Gone with the Wind" not only has a more modern title, the handling of racism has also been cleared out.
This time, the material by US writer Margaret Mitchell is rolled up from the perspective of a slave.
Several WDR waves will broadcast the first of 16 parts on Monday (March 8th).
"Gone with the Wind - The Prissy Edition" can be heard on WDR3, WDR4 and via the virtual WDR radio play memory, as the broadcaster announced.
In the series, the author Amina Eisner tells the classic from the perspective of the enslaved nanny Prissy, who only played a supporting role in Mitchell's original novel from 1936.
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The original story was formative for many people's image of the southern states and the American Civil War, it said.
At the same time, the 1939 film came under increasing criticism over the decades because of racist prejudice and the problematic portrayal of slavery.
The audio book should now start at this point: The enslaved comment on the events and the racism and discard the role of extras.
At WDR3, the 30-minute episodes run from Monday to April 1, always from Monday to Thursday in the evening.
On the occasion of the focus on racism, the broadcast of the radio play is to be supplemented by various conversations and features on the topic, according to the broadcaster.
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