{"id":15920,"date":"2011-10-07T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15920"},"modified":"2011-10-07T12:18:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T16:18:03","slug":"my-guilty-pleasure-gone-with-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15920","title":{"rendered":"My Guilty Pleasure: Gone with the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15921\" title=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Guest blogger Katie writes:<\/p>\n<p>My guilty pleasure is not necessarily looked down upon in the classic film community and it is definitely not obscure.\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Gone with the Wind\u00a0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title_smart.asp?search=Gone+with+the+Wind%c2%a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gone with the Wind <\/a>is a typical movie to love and repeatedly watch alone in the dark, dank basement on the boxy TV screen.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-634\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?attachment_id=634\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the problem though. In the world of academia, typical equates to \u201cpoor quality.\u201d \u00a0When asked by a professor what my favourite movie is (only in Film Studies does that happen!) my answer is usually met by a \u201cOh\u2026okay\u201d or \u201cAh.\u201d \u00a0One time I had an interview for a job involving the Film department and the interviewer asked me what my favourite movie was. \u00a0I pondered for a while because I can never pick just one. \u00a0I chose<strong> <\/strong>Gone with the Wind\u00a0because I really do love it at this point of my life and Scarlett is my inspiration for staying strong through those stressful times as a student. \u00a0The interviewer looked at me and commented on how typical it was\u00a0even though he had never seen it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->What am I supposed to like? \u00a0Easter European documentaries from the 1970s about political oppression?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, the film\u00a0can be overdramatic and melodramatic (I am not even going to get into the \u201cracism\u201d of the film), but I love the pure entertainment it gives: the eye candy; the emotional tilt-a-whirl; life lessons about procrastination and determination; and a four hour tutorial on how to lose a guy in twelve years. \u00a0Escape is my drug and\u00a0Gone with the Wind is my best dealer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypical\u201d my eye. \u00a0I love\u00a0Gone with the Wind. \u00a0I don\u2019t care that the music swells to make up for <a title=\"Leslie Howard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Leslie+Howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leslie Howard<\/a>\u2019s lack of interest for the film, or that all the characters say each others names in every single line:<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: I slightly exaggerate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh\u00a0<strong>Ashley<\/strong>, I \u2013 I love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u00a0<strong>Scarlett<\/strong>.\u00a0 You don\u2019t mean it,\u00a0<strong>Scarlett<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do mean it,\u00a0<strong>Ashley<\/strong>.\u00a0 Kiss me,\u00a0<strong>Ashley<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u00a0<strong>Scarlett<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Scarlett<\/strong>, you know I love my wife,\u00a0<strong>Melanie<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why\u00a0the film<strong> <\/strong>has such a mass appeal. \u00a0I am a part of the masses and I don\u2019t care if \u201ceveryone\u201d loves this film. \u00a0Just because I\u2019m a Film Studies major does not mean I have to have more \u201csophisticated\u201d taste.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I\u2019m unapologetic about my love for\u00a0Gone with the Wind, I am still a shy person \u2013 especially in front of professors! \u00a0Sorry, profs. \u00a0You won\u2019t sway this Windy over with your clever arguments and theories.<\/p>\n<p><em>What film do you watch as a guilty pleasure? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Katie is a Film Studies student in Canada and the co-host of a classic film podcast called <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescarlettolive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Scarlett Olive<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0 The biggest star she and her co-host, Hilary, have\u00a0interviewed so far is Ed Asner.\u00a0For more information visit their\u00a0website at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescarlettolive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>www.thescarlettolive.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest blogger Katie writes: My guilty pleasure is not necessarily looked down upon in the classic film community and it is definitely not obscure.\u00a0\u00a0Gone with the Wind is a typical movie to love and repeatedly watch alone in the dark,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":15921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1513],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-articles","tag-vivien-leigh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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