'Gone With the Wind' screenings pulled from Memphis theater for racially 'insensitive' content

foxnews.com ^ | 8/28/17 | Sasha Savitsky

[ColdOne]

If this theater company thought their patrons wouldn't give a damn, they were wrong.

A historic Memphis, Tennessee, theater, which has shown "Gone With the Wind" screenings for 34 years, has decided to remove the classic film from its schedule due to its racially "insensitive" content.

The move comes after violence erupted at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. The president of the Orpheum Theatre said the decision to remove the 1939 film was not directly related to the recent

[ColdOne]

Next up...TCM channel.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

What about all them Quentin Tarantino movies where he uses the N word every 2 seconds?

[ColdOne]

Destruction of our history ping list. I think this will be

a high volume ping list. Please let me know if you want on

or off the list.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Darn it, alright, I’m reposting what I just wrote on a Rush thread about the same thing, partly.

GWTW is a truly great movie, and it is NOT about slavery.

In fact, while it may be argued that 2/3 of the prime black characters are quite caricaturish and “demeaning”, Mammy is unquestionably not stupid and definitely throws her weight around. They are all loveable to at least some extent. Including the more minor slaves such as Big Sam who saves Scarlett (and is greeted by her during the siege and told to come to her if anything bad happens to him and his friends).

Of course, they probably don’t like that Ashley declares “we didn’t treat them (slaves) that way” when discussing using criminal chain gangs for labor.

[a fool in paradise]

And Blazing Saddles will probably be put out to pasture along side Song of the South, not to be a found again on US home video or cable or theatrical screenings.

[SkyDancer]

Well damn, just, damn.

[Crucial]

Racially insensitive = white people talking

[fhayek]

...maybe banning copies of Huckleberry Finn. Oh yeah, that has already been done.

[OttawaFreeper]

Then comes “The Godfather”. After all, a few Italians back in the day thought it unfairly portrayed them, so it would not surprise me to see the same sort of controversy nowadays.

[Yaelle]

Oh holy F.

Next they will be burning Mel Brooks movies and Richard Pryor ones too.

[ealgeone]

How about White Men Can’t Jump? What if a movie was made called Blacks Can’t Swim?

[ealgeone]

Blazing Saddles offended everybody.

[Yogafist]

When was the last time anyone saw Song of the South?

[iowamark]

A privately owned movie theater made decisions about which movies to show? This is controversial because, why, exactly?

[Secret Agent Man]

Blacks cant Swim, Skate, Not Kill other Blacks, Not Knock up a gal out of wedlock, Not drive a buick...

[itsahoot]

When was the last time anyone saw Song of the South?

Poor bootleg versions exist, but I haven't seen it in a theater for over 60 years.

[itsahoot]

A privately owned movie theater made decisions about which movies to show? This is controversial because, why, exactly?

If you have to ask that question then why are you on this forum?

[OttawaFreeper]

How about “Slapshot”. After all, that showed fighting in hockey and all sorts of other things the little twits who write the sports pages these days do not like about the vintage game.

[plain talk]

I don't think Mammy would take a lot of crap from anyone.

[iowamark]

So, you believe that you have the right to dictate what movies a privately owned theater shows?