Trump is Responding to Biden's 'Abhorrent' Pardons
'Stain on the Presidency': Biden's Latest Commutations Aren't Going Over Well
The New York Giants Saw a Familiar Banner Fly Around the Meadowlands This...
NYPD Engulfed in a Sex Scandal Involving Internal Affairs Chief
BREAKING: Former President Bill Clinton Hospitalized With Fever
NYPD Arrest Illegal Immigrant Accused of Setting Female Subway Passenger on Fire
Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooter's Attorney Blasts NYC Mayor Over 'Perp Walk'
Donald Trump Is Having Second Thoughts About Speaker Mike Johnson
House Dem Criticizes Biden's Decision to Commute Federal Death Sentences
The Progressive Caucus Sure Put Out a Horrific Statement on Biden Commuting Those...
As CNN Continues to Whine About Elon Musk, Scott Jennings, Bill Hagerty Come...
Poll Shows Americans Are Feeling More 'Hopeful' Than They Were About 2025 Than...
Martha Raddatz's Downplaying of Tren de Aragua Comes Back to Haunt Her
Australia Just Approved an Extradition Request From the United States
Preview for 119th Congress: Chairman Comer Invites SSA Commissioner O'Malley to Testify on...
OPINION

Common Sense is Gone With the Wind in Memphis

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Common sense has gone with the wind in my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

The famed Orpheum Theatre has announced it will no longer show summertime screenings of "Gone With the Wind" -- ending a 34-year Mid-South tradition.

Advertisement

The Orepheum Theatre Group told me they made the decision to exclude the classic film from its 2018 summer movie series over "specific inquiries from patrons."

"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 theatre company said in a statement to the Todd Starnes Show. 

Television station WREG noted in its coverage that African-American population of Memphis is about 64 percent. 

"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 statement read.

It's bad enough that Memphis leaders wanted to dig up the dead body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from a local park, but now they want to ban Prissy and Scarlett and Rhett and Aunt Pittypat. This cultural cleansing of my hometown has gone too far. 

Brett Batterson, the president of the Orpheum Theatre Group, told the Commercial Appeal the decision was made before the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

"This is about the Orpheum wanting to be inclusive and welcoming to all of Memphis," he told the newspaper. 

Frankly, Mr. Batterson, I don't give a damn. 

But since the Orpheum is all about inclusiveness - perhaps Mr. Batterson could explain why the theatre company is run by a white man? And why is it that an overwhelming number of board members are white? It smacks of white privilege if you ask me.

Advertisement

So using the Orpheum's flawed logic in banning "Gone With the Wind," at least 64 percent of the board should be African-American and at least 64 percent of the performances and events at the theatre should be geared towards minority audiences. 

Sadly, I predicted several weeks ago that it would be only a matter of time before the culture jihadists targeted Tara. 

And now our beloved film is gone with the wind -- done in by a bunch of meddling, no-account thespian carpetbaggers. 

Many Memphians must be wondering what has come over this here town. To borrow a phrase from "Gone With the Wind," Liberals have come over it. Same as they've come over all of us. 

But there's no use crying in our sweet tea, Southerners.

We must stand up to the scourge of the Yankee liberals. We must stand up and fight. In the words of Scarlett O'Hara, as God is my witness - we're not gonna let them lick us.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos