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

    08/28/2017 2:13:53 PM PDT · by ColdOne · 56 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | 8/28/17 | Sasha Savitsky
    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