Will update on the area but a theatre in memphis has decided to not show the new gone with the wind movie saying it is racist even though in the original the black woman star was awarded an Oscar! This is reported by the Washington post.
What will be next?

haha...good

'free market', retailers decide what will make money or not,,,

I think it's more to do with preasure from protesters!

fixed it for you

Thanks moe, not sure what happened there

people get confused easily...i try to "unconfuse" them...

As long as they don't mess about with the life of Brian, monty pythons,
Although it was banned in some countries, even some states!

the religious dogma at its finest

moe, why is that good?

Reminds me of the old book burnings.

the libs are doing it to themselves now... they are getting more stupid...

Oh, I see. Yes, I agree.
It's way past the point of ridiculous!

i thought that about month ago...lol

Beyond ridiculous

it must be insane in a world where everything is either liberal or conservative


where did the article specify what political affiliation the theaters owners or moviegoers were?

Not a new version of the film but the original:

Gone With the Wind is now gone from a Memphis, Tennessee, movie theater where it was annually screened for the past 34 years — and fans have mixed feelings about it.

The 1939 film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel of the same name — which tells the story of plantation Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh)’s love affair with Confederate soldier Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods — has been pulled from The Orpheum Theatre’s 2018 summer movie series.

Though it had been a part of The Orpheum’s annual summer movie series for years, complaints from an Aug. 11 screening prompted the theater board’s decision.

“While title selections for the series are typically made in the spring of each year, the Orpheum has made this determination early in response to specific inquiries from patrons,” The Orpheum Theatre Group said in a statement, Entertainment Weekly reported. “The Orpheum appreciates feedback on its programming from all members of the mid-south community. The recent screening of Gone With the Wind at the Orpheum on Friday, August 11, 2017, generated numerous comments. The Orpheum carefully reviewed all of them.”

http://people.com/movies/gone-with-the-wind-orpheum-theater-memphis-tennessee/


It's a classic movie. Methinks that things go waaaaay to far with all of this wiping out a part of history.

oh, movie makers and theaters deciding upon what movies to show is nothing new,, nothing particularly liberal or conservative,,

just business and its bottom line

doesn't matter... it's the owner that did it...

I don't know msharmony, I read the article karmafury posted, and I'm thinking there's more to it then "just business". It seems more like they decided to take it off the list for fear that their theater would be burnt to the ground if they didn't.

They were getting complaints about the movie being racist and putting plantation life in a positive light. With all the other stuff that's going on with destroying statues, it makes sense that they didn't want their theater destroyed...so they submitted to the protestors, in order to hold on to their investment.

At least that's how it appears to me from what I read.