While looking up this movie, I just realized that uBlock Origin doesn't block ads on duckduckgo.com: https://i.imgur.com/mz7wkCh.png

Not sure; I don't see any ads, I used the same query as you did. Haven't seen any ads since the time I've been using DDG. Note I have both uBO and uMatrix installed.

Companies these days are so scared of the twitter mob. Are they rightly so? As in, does this cancel culture actually hurt sales if you just ignore it? Of course, regardless, it's probably the right thing to do, as there's really no downside to sending a black lives matter email, or getting rid of one movie.

Has the Shitter mob ever actually achieved anything when it comes to taking down companies?

There are scummy companies all over the place (telecoms providers, Uber, etc) and despite the consistent bad press and dissatisfaction they're attracting I don't see them suffering much.

They haven't taken them down. What they've done is much worse: made them "woke"

I’d really like to watch this but couldn’t commit to all those hours.

It's worth commiting the time to. I think you can objectively view content and enjoy the character depiction of selfish Scarlett without drowning in the pseudo-glorification of plantation life that was rife for the story's timeline.

There's a lot more going on that pseudo glorification of slavery and plantation life. It's pushing the mythos of that life, how the black people behaved like children, there were many hollywood movies of the time that perpetuated those stereotypes. The story of the maid and her reactions and behavior, like she wasn't quite an adult or real person.