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Do we ban WW2 movies just because german-americans and japanese-americans might be offended?
Orpheum theater wonāt show āGone With the Wind,ā calling film āinsensitiveā
aug 25 2017 MEMPHIS, Tenn. ā āGone With the Windā will be gone from The Orpheumās summer movie series, the theaterās board said Friday.
The Orpheum Theatre Group decided not to include the 1939 movie about a plantation in the Civil War-era South in its 2018 Summer Movie Series after feedback from patrons following the last screening Aug. 11.
āAs an organization whose stated mission is to āentertain, educate and enlighten the communities it servesā, the Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local population,ā the theaterās operators said in a statement.
Memphisā population is about 64 percent African-American.