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Standard Issue Podcast

SIM Ep 779 Chops 228: A study in Scarlett

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 16 October 2022

ā±ļø 34 minutes

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Summary

Historian Sarah Churchwell isĀ interested in the big cultural beasts and there's maybe none bigger thanĀ Gone With The Wind. In her latest book -Ā The Wrath to Come: Gone With the Wind and the Lies America TellsĀ -Ā Sarah looks at the mistruths spread by Margaret Mitchell's book and the filmĀ adaptation, where they came from, why they were so readily accepted and how they fit into America's tendency towards myth-making. Hannah caught up with Sarah to chat aboutĀ the Lost Cause,Ā the treatment of Hattie McDaniel, and why Scarlett O'Hara spoke to the women of war-torn Europe.Ā  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

Or is it new, new, lower prices, or newer, new, lower prices?

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Well, they've added more, so it could be more, newer, new, lower prices.

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Or even the newest of new, lower prices on more.

0:14.2

Ernie, whoo! Waitrose have new, new, lower prices on hundreds of your favourites,

0:19.4

like apples, chicken, and those cheeky ginger nuts. Waitrose.

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Food to feel good about.

0:25.0

Selected stores, subjects with availability, prices may vary in a little

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Waitrose Tunnel Islands and concessions.

0:44.0

Standard issue for all women.

0:46.0

Hello, hammer here, and welcome to this week's Sunday Chops,

0:50.0

in which I talk to the historian Sarah Churchill about her book,

0:55.0

The Roth to Come, Gone with the Wind, and The Lies America Tells.

1:00.0

I chat to Sarah about the mistruth spread by Margaret Mitchell's book, Gone with the Wind,

1:05.0

and the film adaptation, where they came from, why they were so readily accepted,

1:10.0

and how they fit into America's tendency towards myth-making,

1:16.0

as well as the lost cause, the treatment of Hatty McDaniel,

1:19.0

and why Scarlett O'Hara spoke to the women of war-torn Europe.

1:24.0

Now, you probably know this already, but just for those who don't,

1:27.0

or just as a reminder, there's a bit where Sarah's talking about the Republicans,

1:31.0

and you might think, does she mean the Republicans?

1:34.0

She does mean the Republicans.

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