Dukes of Hazzard pulled from TV Land

[connor_in]

Was wondering how long this would take...

today...

TV Land Pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard' Episodes Amid Confederate Flag Uproar - Hollywood Reporter - The Hollywood Reporter

A week ago...

Warner Bros. scraps Dukes of Hazzard car toys over Confederate flag controversy | The Verge


But people are trying to come up with plans to re-boot it...

It’s come to this: What will a politically correct ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ reboot look like? (You will laugh AND cry!) | Twitchy

 

[MNIrishman]

"We have always been at war with Eastasia."

 

[irishff1014]

Smh

 

[goldandblue]

bullshit....

 

[IrishLion]

Anything in Gettysburg that mentions the Confederacy offends me.

We must remove all of the things.

 

[ACamp1900]

... but everyone surely knows they're just some good ole boys, never meanin no harm...

 

[Cackalacky]

Market Pressures. Unfettered Capitalism. Its not a myth.

 

[bkess8]

 

[gkIrish]

Tom and Jerry is next y'all

 

[MNIrishman]

 

[ulukinatme]

... but everyone surely knows they're just some good ole boys, never meanin no harm...

This. There was nothing racist about Hazard County.

 

[IrishinTN]

Tom and Jerry is next y'all

Three Stooges
The Little Rascals
Most Bugs Bunny
Gone with the Wind (can't believe this one is still on)

 

[Cackalacky]

 

[GoldenToTheGrave]

I completely agree with the removal of the flag from the statehouse but this is a little ridiculous.

 

[irishfan]

PC Police always wins sadly....

 

[ACamp1900]

PC Police always wins sadly....

They get all the feels

 

[pkt77242]

I am only Ok with this if it means that MASH fills it's slot (I miss MASH). Otherwise this is bullshit.

Also was anyone actually calling for them to pull it? I haven't seen any articles demanding that it be taken off the air.

 

[Cackalacky]

Whats the rub here? Isn't this exactly how business' are allowed, encouraged even, to act in a capitalist society?

This was a business decision I assume. I don't recall anyone picketing them or Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc to stop selling it, they chose to do it as a business decision based on what they perceive to be market pressure?

It might be knee jerk for sure..... but lets recap... no matter what your romantic notions of watching this show are, its still a show with an all-white cast driving a race car tatted with arguably the most recognizable sign of human oppresion in history regardless if their hijinks are cheeky. And its fresh in everyone's mind so when they see that car on TVLand they are not romanticizing it anymore I would bet.

Just playing devils advocate here.

 

[MNIrishman]

Whats the rub here? Isn't this exactly how business' are allowed, encouraged even, to act in a capitalist society?

This was a business decision I assume. I don't recall anyone picketing them or Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc to stop selling it, they chose to do it as a business decision based on what they perceive to be market pressure?

It might be knee jerk for sure..... but lets recap... no matter what your romantic notions of watching this show are, its still a show with an all-white cast driving a race car tatted with arguably the most recognizable sign of human oppresion in history regardless if their hijinks are cheeky. And its fresh in everyone's mind so when they see that car on TVLand they are not romanticizing it anymore I would bet.

Just playing devils advocate here.

Wasn't aware the General Lee had a Swastika on top.

 

[NDLS_USMC]

...driving a race car tatted with arguably the most recognizable sign of human oppresion in history ...

Swastika

 

[RDU Irish]

Hogans Heroes will be filled into the time spot.

 

[ulukinatme]

The PC crowd is ridiculous.

 

[Irish Insanity]

The fact we have threads/posts containing the word confederacy offends me. I ask that word be put on the whatever that list is called of cuss words that replaces letters with ***

 

[Redbar]

Wasn't aware the General Lee had a Swastika on top.

Swastika

OK, second most recognizable sign.

 

[goldandblue]

nevermind

 

[Grahambo]

I hate you all.

 

[Irishnuke]

So clearly the next step is to remove all of predominantly black shows that make jokes about white people and all of the women's shows that make fun of males. Right?

 

[Bubbles]

PC offends me....I just need to get enough people to raise a big enough stink and I will be able to have it banned completely. C'mon mob! Who's with me?!

 

[Bishop2b5]

I feel so much better about the world now. The PC police have saved us and cured all the world's problems.

 

[NDRock]

I feel so much better about the world now. The PC police have saved us and cured all the world's problems.

I think it's ridiculous but I'm not sure you can blame this on the PC police. I think it's reasonable for people to question flying the flag over a government building, yet I've not seen any outcry against shows like "the Dukes". This is more about a business decision and money. If anything, you can blame this on people placing money above all else, which is quite common.