I mentioned last night that I had watched “It’s a Wonderful Life”. One of the things I saw in it was the black maid that was enjoying a good life in the Bailey house.
It reminded me of the ban on showing “Gone with the Wind” – because it showed a similar maid in the slavery era. I wonder how long it will be before wonderful life gets a warning.
It got me thinking – what about Downton Abbey, or Upstairs Downstairs – are the lives of the servants realistic or are they rose tinted glass representations?
In 1000 years will Klingons be considered our equal, or will Star Trek be banned?
To me there are numerous representations in films that are not representative of reality – that show people that had a miserable life in happier than expected circumstances.
There are also other films that paint people as evil because we want to feel good about abusing them – like the Cowboy and Indian films, or maybe some of the war films that are so common. But they don’t really get a warning.
Do we only object to things that are trendy?