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

Summary: Sherman's army invades Tara. The household begins to starve as cold weather sets in. Scarlett has a recurring nightmare of running in mist. Soldiers visit Tara for Christmas. Frank Kennedy proposes to Suellen. Cathleen Calvert marries Mr. Hilton, a Yankee overseer. The Confederacy surrenders, ending the war. A convalescent soldier named Will Benteen joins the household. Ashley finally returns home.

Summary: Scarlett finds her way back to Tara, only to learn that her mother has passed away. Mammy and Dilcey relate the story of Ellen's death and the Yankees' use of Tara as headquarters. Gerald goes senile after the loss of Ellen. Scarlett goes searching for food the following morning, vowing never to be hungry again. Scarlett shoots a Yankee deserter who attempts to steal, and Melanie helps her hide the body. Scarlett uses the Yankee's horse to visit the nearby Fontaines. The household begins to pick cotton to sell.

Summary: Scarlett learns that both of her sisters and her mother are now ill with typhoid. The day after the Battle of Atlanta, Melanie goes into labor. Scarlett and Prissy are forced to deliver the baby without a doctor as the wounded fall back into Atlanta. Rhett assists with evacuating the household as the army retreats. Rhett kisses Scarlett and professes his love for her, but abandons her to join the army.

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/A7MtGUzMake your own!:https://tiermaker.com/create/gone-with-the-wind-dresses-1039319-2

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.

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.

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.23909215045377956https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/25/kay-brown-barrett-first-victim-scarlett-fever1972/1976 "Scarlett" adaptation (UK, USA):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpjQd37byiMhttps://neptsdepths.blogspot.com/2012/09/blown-away.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeAAya6i_UI&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=90&t=403s1977-2013 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=uT2UJ6suOlM2003/2015 musical (France, South Korea):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lno8r_UqvKM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1JDxSwluM&list=PLPXncXaHAlDxHw0NFoByJ89U_aoDAnIfY&index=42008 musical (UK):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6l_eSa5Wc2013 RMTC play (Canada):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEV54lzb-FYhttps://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-season2025 musical (Greece):https://www.instagram.com/p/DI3bkyGs5BE/https://www.instagram.com/p/DJYp-BvoAqa/https://www.instagram.com/p/DJE6CyhIE44/?img_index=1

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.

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.

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.

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?

Welcome to the first episode of GWTW Readalong, a new series in which I will analyze the book chronologically. Each episode will tackle a few chapters at a time. Feel free to read along with me and form your own takes!In this episode, Scarlett finds out from the Tarletons that Ashley is going to marry Melanie, Scarlett chats with Gerald about Ashley's upcoming nuptials, Gerald buys Dilcey and Prissy from John Wilkes, we learn the history of Ellen and Gerald, the O'Haras have prayer time and Scarlett forms a plan to ensnare Ashley the next day at the barbecue.

On September 9, 1939, Gone with the Wind was first previewed in Riverside, California. Luckily for us, the audience's questionnaires have all been digitally archived for our perusal. This episode discusses the audience's initial reaction to the then-unfinished film, as well as various deleted scenes that have been uncovered over the years.

The age-old question all Gone with the Wind fans must ask themselves: does she get him back, or not? Does the story present any evidence leaning towards one way or the other?

This episode discusses where the Gone with the Wind characters fall on the moral alignment chart! Are they lawful or chaotic, good or evil, or neutral?

Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig is an “authorized” novel by the Margaret Mitchell estate, advertised as a retelling of Gone with the Wind from Rhett’s POV. An interesting premise, to be sure, but is it worth checking out?

Scarlett O’Hara is notorious across fiction for her absolute ruthlessness in getting what she wants, but is she totally heartless? What motivates her to act the way she does?

Rhett Butler was stricken from the family Bible at age twenty and cast off without a penny, only to emerge as a well-traveled and highly successful gambler. How might his turbulent youth have influenced his choices and psychology later in life?(Enjoy the picture of young Clark Gable with some puppies.)

Is Melanie truly naïve to Scarlett’s infatuation with her husband? Is there any evidence to suggest otherwise?

This episode explores different Gone with the Wind theories and headcanons, from Rhett to Melanie to Ella Lorena.