Here's a scene that would never be done today (explanation in comments)
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It's from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights.
The villain is playing out a war scene and pretending as if he were the general for the union army against the confederacy.
Because the whole point of his character is not that he would support the confederacy or the union, but that he's fascinated with warfare, particularly historical warfare as a hobby.
If this scene were done today, they'd make SURE that he stated in dialogue that he as the villain is acting out how he could have made the confederacy win and "destroy those sinister Union dogs who want to suppress true Americans".
They'd never have a villain imagining himself as a union general in a million years in a modern movie.
The reason he is in this movie from the 80s is because back before everything was propaganda, people could realize that people's characters didn't need to revolve around liberal talking points. His character is really into historical battles. There's no higher commentary than that, nor is it needed.
But something that simple would never be allowed nowadays.
The entire Gettysburg movie could never be made today, in that it paints both sides sympathetically and has an entire scene where the Confederate soldiers are cheering General Lee as he rides by.
They complained about the movie Downfall because it showed Hitler petting his dog.
I've seen a long running argument on twitter over the past few days after someone said a scene in "He's Back" was wrong because Hitler kicked a dog (or something). Naturally retards read that as supporting him or something and it escalated from there.
I remember someone, I think it was a German studio, made a miniseries on Hitler and they showed him abusing a dog. Every first hamd source says Hitler was a huge animal lover. But we have to make him into a cartoon character evil monster, or you are honoring him somehow.
Also the timeless scene of the confederate and union solider meeting up at a neutral spot between the armies to fairly trade some tobacco with coffee. They are friendly and nice to each other, and go back to their respective teams. No narration, no plot relevance, nothing. Showed how the guys at the bottom of the meat grinder machine had more in common with each other than with their own leaders.
Same with Gods and Generals, which actually made some of the people involved more sympathetic than they were IRL.
GAG Confederate Irish Brigade commander: bawling eyes out "This isnt right! Those Union Irishmen are our brothers. Did they learn nothing from the English? Dont they know we are fighting for a home free from English oppression? They have been mislead to their fates. Damn them! Damn them all to hell!" so emotionally distraught he cant even shoot
IRL Confederate Irish Brigade commander (based on both eyewitness testimony and his own journal): "Hey, those are Meaghr’s brigade! FUCK'EM UP!!!"
No commentary needed because half of us have at least 1-2 friends who is literally that. The entire "guys think about the Roman Empire everyday" meme was built on the fact that all of us are just a touch more autism from becoming it ourselves.