Memphis Theater Cancels ‘Gone With The Wind’ Screening For Being ‘Insensitive’

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A historic Memphis, Tennessee, theater is canceling showings of Gone With The Wind because it has been judged too "insensitive" to viewers.

The Orpheum Theater's board released a statement that the Oscar-winning film would be dropped from next year's planned summer movie series after getting "numerous comments" following an Aug. 11 screening, Entertainment Weekly reports:

"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," read a statement from The Orpheum Theatre Group. "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."

The statement continued, "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."