Memphis theater pulls Gone with the Wind after complaints that the Civil War classic

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Gone With The Wind' has been pulled from a Memphis theater after patrons complained the 1939 Civil War classic is racially insensitive.
The Orpheum Theatre Group made the decision after patrons took issue with the screening of the movie starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara on August 11.
'As an organization whose stated mission is to 'entertain, educate and enlighten the communities it serves', the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population,' the theater's operators said in a statement according to News Ch. 3.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4rJmXzrlk

What do you guys think about this ?

[Independent voter]

"Gone With the Wind" will not be shown in the future by a Tennessee theater that decided it was "insensitive" to many in the local community.

The 1939 movie, which marked the first Oscar win by a black actor, depicts a romanticized view of slavery and life on a Southern plantation before, during and after the Civil War.

"Gone With the Wind," which won 10 Academy Awards in 1940, including for best picture, had been shown by the Orpheum Theatre Group for years as part of an annual Summer Movie Series, according to Memphis' Commercial-Appeal. At times, it was screened more than once a year, the paper said. This year, however, a different climate prevailed.

“The recent screening of ‘Gone With the Wind’ at the Orpheum on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, generated numerous comments,” Brett Batterson, president of the theater group, said Friday in a statement (via the New York Times).

“The Orpheum carefully reviewed all of them. As an organization whose stated mission is to ‘entertain, educate and enlighten the communities it serves,’ the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population.”

The majority of Memphis residents are black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...htmlstory.html



Well, if you audience is mostly black....

[Dr Assbandit]

Gone With The Wind' has been pulled from a Memphis theater after patrons complained the 1939 Civil War classic is racially insensitive.
The Orpheum Theatre Group made the decision after patrons took issue with the screening of the movie starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara on August 11.
'As an organization whose stated mission is to 'entertain, educate and enlighten the communities it serves', the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population,' the theater's operators said in a statement according to News Ch. 3.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4rJmXzrlk

What do you guys think about this ?

I think this is ridiculous and stupid as hell and it's on par with censoring words from a Mark Twain book.

But it's the theater's call so whatever.

[Kaleredar]

I think this is ridiculous and stupid as hell and it's on par with censoring words from a Mark Twain book.

But it's the theater's call so whatever.

I'd call censoring Mark Twain's books much more senseless, seeing as they have a decidedly pro-civil rights message.

[Flarelaine]

Gone With The Wind' has been pulled from a Memphis theater after patrons complained the 1939 Civil War classic is racially insensitive.
The Orpheum Theatre Group made the decision after patrons took issue with the screening of the movie starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara on August 11.
'As an organization whose stated mission is to 'entertain, educate and enlighten the communities it serves', the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population,' the theater's operators said in a statement according to News Ch. 3.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4rJmXzrlk

What do you guys think about this ?

Well, it is.

[Haven]

SJW - 1: common sense - 0.

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If your audience is mostly black you're not gonna show them a story in which black slavery was all roses and moonshine.

That would be like me telling the OP I did his mom and she liked it.

So why didnt they cry about 12 years slave then?

Right the director was black

[Kaleredar]

So why didnt they cry about 12 years slave then?

Right the director was black

The contention isn't about movies featuring slavery, it's about movies trying to paint over slavery with a "being owned as property wasn't all that bad..." angle.

[FlatBootyJudy]

Gone With The Wind' has been pulled from a Memphis theater after patrons complained the 1939 Civil War classic is racially insensitive.
The Orpheum Theatre Group made the decision after patrons took issue with the screening of the movie starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara on August 11.
'As an organization whose stated mission is to 'entertain, educate and enlighten the communities it serves', the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population,' the theater's operators said in a statement according to News Ch. 3.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4rJmXzrlk

What do you guys think about this ?

As a Jew I am offended by movies set in ancient Egypt.

[Spectral]

I think that it's a great example of how people who say there's no slippery slope to fuss about when it comes to flags and monuments are either lying or ignorant. There's pretty clearly a push to scrub any positive references to the antebellum South from memory; it does make one wonder whether it will be followed by anything about the Founders. Except Hamilton, of course - he's been sainted.

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The showings of pieces like this in a museum-like environment, with an organized forum for discussing and contextualizing slavery, is a power they're choosing to surrender.
People don't want to talk about racism: it's tiring and uncomfortable. Removing this opportunity is bending the knee to their demand. It's refusing their mission to "educate and enlighten the communities it serves". What a bunch of pathetic cowards.

[Kathandira]

So why didnt they cry about 12 years slave then?

Right the director was black

Was that movie played in this same theater?

[Dextroden]

Does that mean EVERY SINGLE MOVIE that has a Nazi or swastika in it needs to be banned to protect them?

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I find it ridiculous that people try to censor movies and TV Shows. We're eventually going to get to the point where only Disney/Pixar movies are allowed to be shown.

Anything before The Lion King is problematic af.

[the game]

I find it ridiculous that people try to censor movies and TV Shows. We're eventually going to get to the point where only Disney/Pixar movies are allowed to be shown.

I may be wrong but wasn't Walt Disney an anti-Semitic? So Disney movies are out since they still carry his name.

[Logwyn]

The contention isn't about movies featuring slavery, it's about movies trying to paint over slavery with a "being owned as property wasn't all that bad..." angle.

I thought Gone with the Wind was more a romance in Civil War era south both pre and post was.

Django was much much worse in covering slavery.

[Daedius]

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[Dextroden]

Anything before The Lion King is problematic af.

Even the Lion King would be a problem. Too violent for kids or some shit.

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Zipidy doo daa, zipidy day... my my my what a wonderful day.

Shhh! That movie certainly doesn't exist! There's not a hilarious secret to Splash Mountain!

[Sunseeker]

Well yeah, it is. It was made in 1939. It's also a classic movie. Things can be both. I know that realization sucks for some people but understanding how it's racially insensitive and keeping that in mind while watching that is the key to being able to hold both thoughts in your mind.

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Even the Lion King would be a problem. Too violent for kids or some shit.

They're punching nazis, so it's woke.
The issue with The Lion King is that its main story is about male bonding.