A few thoughts on Gone With The Wind

I just finished watching it in its entirety on Turner Classic Movies. I haven't watched it the whole way through probably since 8th grade. In the south Gone With The Wind is the go-to movie to leave with substitute teachers so I saw it a lot during grades K-8.

Watching it as an adult I see many things that I didn't as a preteen:

• I could have learned so much about game-playing from Scarlett--she really knew what was up
• Rhett could have had a little more compassion at the end right? Yes, Scarlett was a bitch and went to Ashley right in front of him, but cut her some slack--she'd just seen her only child die and her cousin was currently dying in the next room. Couldn't they have slept on it?
• Was Melanie secretly a huge bitch? Did she and Ashley talk so much shit about Scarlett when she wasn't around?
• Ashley is the DEFINITION of Guy You Shouldn't Marry--he is so sketch and Melanie deserved better. She was awesome.
• Can I please get a Rhett Butler up in my life? HE WAS SO GOOD TO SCARLETT.
• I think that Scarlett probably hooked up with Ashley at least once after the story we see ends.
• Always hard for me to watch something in which black people are routinely referred to as darkies and I can't believe I just now noticed that they say it so much during the movie.
• Prissy is the GREATEST HOUSEGIRL EVER

Seeing a movie about the south made me excited for Georgia next week!