Straight Talk – A Reel to Real Discussion about Gone With the Wind and Its Influence on Pop Culture

Join moderator Dr. Robert Cassanello (UCF) and panelists Julian Chambliss (Rollins College), Barbara Thompson (UCF Diversity Initiative), Maylen Dominguez (Full Sail University), and others for a discussion about the stereotypes portrayed in the 1939 “Gone With the Wind” film, and how popular culture continues to affect our impression of different types of people and cultures.

Topics of discussion will include:
• Scarlett O’Hara, the film’s protagonist, a true Southern Belle
• Rhett Butler, a dashing and outcast bachelor who is “not the marrying kind”
• Mammy, Scarlett’s nurse and “head woman of the plantation”
Admission: $13 Students, seniors (60+) and military with I.D.; $15 adults and $12 children ages 5-12. Members and children ages 4 and under are free. *Rates include admission into the museum and access to the special event.