Fiddle-Dee-Dee: A Gone with the Wind Podcast

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Hi! This podcast is dedicated to the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, as well as the subsequent 1939 film. I will be discussing and analyzing a variety of topics in regards to Gone with the Wind.

  1. Ranking all the dresses from Gone with the Wind (tier list)

    3D AGO

    Ranking all the dresses from Gone with the Wind (tier list)

    Welcome to what is probably my most subjective episode. I go through all the dresses in the film adaptation and place them all into tiers! Final tier list (spoilers!): https://imgur.com/a/A7MtGUz Make your own!: https://tiermaker.com/create/gone-with-the-wind-dresses-1039319-2

    1h 6m
  2. GWTW Readalong Ch. 17-19: A dream too terrible to be real

    FEB 21

    GWTW Readalong Ch. 17-19: A dream too terrible to be real

    Summary: Conditions worsen in the hospital as the fighting draws near. Aunt Pittypat throws a dinner party where they eat their last chicken. Atlanta is suddenly bombarded with shells. Aunt Pittypat refugees to Macon, but Scarlett stays with Melanie, who is now heavily pregnant. Scarlett learns that her sister is ill with typhoid and she cannot go home to Tara. Rhett asks Scarlett to become his mistress.

    41 min
  3. GWTW Readalong Ch. 14-16: I'll live on it for the rest of my life

    FEB 18

    GWTW Readalong Ch. 14-16: I'll live on it for the rest of my life

    Summary: Scarlett and Melanie anxiously await casualty lists after the Battle of Gettysburg. Ashley comes to Atlanta during his Christmas furlough and shares a kiss with Scarlett prior to departure. Scarlett is shocked to learn that Melanie is pregnant. Ashley is taken prisoner by the Yankees and refuses an opportunity to be released.

    38 min
  4. Gone with the Wind musicals and plays: A brief guide to the story onstage

    FEB 15

    Gone with the Wind musicals and plays: A brief guide to the story onstage

    Gone with the Wind has enjoyed many stage adaptations over the years, from 1966 all the way to 2025. This episode discusses each show's unique history, creative liberties and varying degrees of success. LINKS!!! (So you can see what I'm talking about) 1966 play and 1970 musical "Scarlett" (Japan): https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1270184001294910&set=pcb.23909215045377956 https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/25/kay-brown-barrett-first-victim-scarlett-fever 1972/1976 "Scarlett" adaptation (UK, USA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpjQd37byiM https://neptsdepths.blogspot.com/2012/09/blown-away.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeAAya6i_UI&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=90&t=403s 1977-2013 Takarazuka all-female revue (Japan): https://genderedjapan.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/takarazuka-revue-does-gone-with-the-wind/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT2UJ6suOlM 2003/2015 musical (France, South Korea): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lno8r_UqvKM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1JDxSwluM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=4 2008 musical (UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6l_eSa5Wc 2013 RMTC play (Canada): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEV54lzb-FY https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/arts/2012/03/09/gone-with-the-wind-is-linchpin-production-for-royal-manitoba-theatre-centres-2012-13-season 2025 musical (Greece): https://www.instagram.com/p/DI3bkyGs5BE/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJYp-BvoAqa/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE6CyhIE44/?img_index=1

    32 min
  5. GWTW Readalong Ch. 11-13: The most popular and romantic figure the town knew

    FEB 11

    GWTW Readalong Ch. 11-13: The most popular and romantic figure the town knew

    Summary: Scarlett secretly reads Ashley's letters to Melanie. Rhett goes out of his way to charm Atlanta as a dashing blockader, only to immediately ostracize himself when it no longer amuses him. Rhett gifts Scarlett a green bonnet from Paris and encourages her to stop wearing mourning. Belle Watling gives Melanie money for the hospital. Scarlett discovers that Rhett consorts with prostitutes.

    41 min
  6. GWTW Readalong Ch. 8-10: I'm going to like it here

    FEB 7

    GWTW Readalong Ch. 8-10: I'm going to like it here

    Summary: Scarlett arrives in Atlanta with Wade and Prissy. She begins nursing in the hospital, but is still restricted by her widowhood from attending social functions. By chance, Scarlett attends a charity bazaar with Melanie and Aunt Pittypat. Scarlett becomes reacquainted with Rhett Butler at the bazaar and, scandalously, dances with him. Gerald travels to Atlanta to bring her home. Rhett gets Gerald drunk during a game of poker, cleaning him out of all his money. Scarlett blackmails her father into letting her stay.

    36 min
  7. GWTW Readalong Ch. 5-7: The thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen

    FEB 4

    GWTW Readalong Ch. 5-7: The thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen

    Summary: Mammy helps Scarlett prepare for the barbecue and instructs her on how a proper lady should behave. Scarlett flirts with every man present at the barbecue in the hopes of attracting Ashley, but to no avail. Rhett Butler infuriates the guests by insisting that the South will be licked in a month. Scarlett confesses her love to Ashley and flies into a rage at his rejection, bringing her face to face with Rhett. Scarlett and Charles become engaged and are married within two weeks. Charles dies in camp and Scarlett becomes a widow and mother in quick succession. Ellen sends a depressed Scarlett to Atlanta with Wade.

    43 min
  8. Margaret Mitchell's forgotten stories: Lost Laysen, early childhood writings, and reporter days

    JAN 31

    Margaret Mitchell's forgotten stories: Lost Laysen, early childhood writings, and reporter days

    Though Margaret Mitchell never penned a sequel to her Pulitzer-winning novel (nor any other novel at all), plenty of her childhood writings have survived and been published in the years following her death. What did the author feel compelled to write about as a young girl and, later, journalist? Do any elements in these stories mimic Gone with the Wind?

    43 min
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Hi! This podcast is dedicated to the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, as well as the subsequent 1939 film. I will be discussing and analyzing a variety of topics in regards to Gone with the Wind.

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