Review of Jezebel (1938) by Pam M — 16 Feb 2016

Having watched Gone with the Wind several times, I never understood Scarlett O'Hara's character, nor the sympathy of the other characters toward her. Now I understand. The violence implied by the hickory stick and the brief lecture to Preston Dillard (the Yankee banker) about how to handle Julie Marsden (beat her with a hickory stick, put salve on her wounds and give her a big piece of jewelry) explain a lot about the Southern way of life.

The horrid images of the most benign moments of the disinherited African Americans are hard to take, but don't quite explain the social system, but that hickory stick may be the main character of the whole movie.