The epic 1939 movie Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivian Lee is referenced a couple of times in Buffy. In Tabula Rasa, Spike says to Buffy, “we kissed, you and me all Gone with the Wind, with the rising music and the rising… music”. In The Killer in Me, Kennedy refers to the movie when she tells Willow how she first knew she was gay: “It was Gone with the Wind. I saw that, and I knew I wanted to sweep Scarlet off her feet.”
Coincidentally, the O’Hara plantation in the movie is called “Tara”.
August 24th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Hmm, interstign about “Tara” it’s also a coincidence that Scarlett’s SECOND husband is called “Frank KENNEDY” and Kennedy is Willows second girlfriend
November 8th, 2005 at 2:50 am
Wow, is Joss a Margaret Mitchell fan or what?
December 26th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
AND… Kennedy said she realised she was gay because she wanted to sweep Scarlett off her feet. Coincidence? I think not.
February 28th, 2006 at 11:03 am
I am not sure, but I would consider the fact that Joss had plans to kill Tara, kind of a strange homage to Melanie in GWTW, because they both were kind and they both died tragically.