No More Gone With the Wind In Memphis

John H. Hinderaker

"The dismantling of American history continues. The Orpheum theater in Memphis announces that it will no longer show the Hollywood classic Gone With the Wind:

For the first time 34-years, the Orpheum Theatre will not show “Gone With The Wind” during its Summer movie series in 2018.

“Gone With The Wind” was shown on August 11th, and after the theater received several comments about the showing, management made the decision to not show it again.

“ 'Several comments”? There are quite a few movies that I would vote never to show again. What do you think my chances are if I complain to theater management? This is the theater’s statement:" . . .

War on history continues: Memphis theater axes ‘Gone With The Wind’ after ‘feedback from patrons’  . . . Reaction on social media was pretty much what one would expect.

“ 'This is the stupidest thing I have read!! I will not be attending anymore Orpheum events. If they cancel showing gone with the wind, they better not show the movies roots, the color purple, or 12 years a slave. Our country has really turned into the joke of the world,” one person said on WREG’s Facebook page.

“ 'We have literally lost our minds in this country! Let’s just erase all the history so we can rewrite it! Not me. I want to see every movie, book, statue, tribute, monument, memorial, and site of every concentration camp to ensure these horrors never happen again. If you don’t teach and learn from our past you will be destined to repeat it!” another person said.

“ 'Whaaaaaaaat???! Gone With the Wind is a CLASSIC movie! It is historical and one that I believe everyone should see at least once in their lifetime. If we start banning all mention of our history, then our future generations will be doomed to repeat the past because they are not taught about what happened and why,” a third critic said." . . .

Confederate Flag Sales Booming After Removal Of Monuments  . . . “What’s really pushing sales [now] is removal of the monuments,” said Kennedy, who opened her shop in 1985. “The general feeling I get from customers that call and email is that they are just pushing back at people who are trying to revise our history. I think as long as that’s in the news,” demand will continue." . . .