So in watching This Film is Not Yet Rated, the second time around, I have realized that the ratings are a piece of shit and they don't mean anything. I was more outraged at the fact that it seems as though raters in the MPAA are homophobic and sexually repressed.
Pubic hair, orgasms, masturbation, cum. Sorry to be inappropriate, but it seems as though these are the big sexual acts raters are having a hard time dealing with. Especially if these acts are eing performed by gays or lesbians. And that really annoys me. I've seen movies like But I'm A Cheerleader and Boys Don't Cry. And I saw these movies when I was fairly young too. And yeah I'm pretty sure I did not become disturbed and sick. So raters can go suck a lemon for that.
PUBIC HAIR. By a certain age we all have pubic hair, and those of us that are lucky have seen someone else's pubic hair. It's not really a mystery. But, I'm not quite sure how many of us have seen people get their heads chopped off, or have watched someone get murdered every five minutes. You know, that's not really a situation we come across too often. With Maria Bello in The Cooler and even in A History of Violence we see her pubic hair. Why is that NC-17. Make it "R" and convey to the public that there is frontal nudity. Let parents decide if they're 17 is old enough to see pubic hair. Don't decide for them.
My big question is why is sex so much of a taboo for America. We all experience it. Whether or not we were 16 or 60, we all have had sex. Save a few priests and nuns and religious folk, but other than that, I'm sure we all have had sex. Violence? Not so much. And perhaps that's their problem. Sex is too real. It's universal. Violence is something people hear about a lot, but it may not be something we experience firsthand. So maybe raters are trying to "save the youth" I don't fucking know. I just think sex needs to stop being taking so seriously. It's sex. It's not the freaking Apocalypse.
Pubic hair, orgasms, masturbation, cum. Sorry to be inappropriate, but it seems as though these are the big sexual acts raters are having a hard time dealing with. Especially if these acts are eing performed by gays or lesbians. And that really annoys me. I've seen movies like But I'm A Cheerleader and Boys Don't Cry. And I saw these movies when I was fairly young too. And yeah I'm pretty sure I did not become disturbed and sick. So raters can go suck a lemon for that.
PUBIC HAIR. By a certain age we all have pubic hair, and those of us that are lucky have seen someone else's pubic hair. It's not really a mystery. But, I'm not quite sure how many of us have seen people get their heads chopped off, or have watched someone get murdered every five minutes. You know, that's not really a situation we come across too often. With Maria Bello in The Cooler and even in A History of Violence we see her pubic hair. Why is that NC-17. Make it "R" and convey to the public that there is frontal nudity. Let parents decide if they're 17 is old enough to see pubic hair. Don't decide for them.
My big question is why is sex so much of a taboo for America. We all experience it. Whether or not we were 16 or 60, we all have had sex. Save a few priests and nuns and religious folk, but other than that, I'm sure we all have had sex. Violence? Not so much. And perhaps that's their problem. Sex is too real. It's universal. Violence is something people hear about a lot, but it may not be something we experience firsthand. So maybe raters are trying to "save the youth" I don't fucking know. I just think sex needs to stop being taking so seriously. It's sex. It's not the freaking Apocalypse.
I understand the point of the ratings system in theory, but in practice it is kinda WACK(to put it simply). It is reasonable to put a rating on a movie because it may not be suitable for some age groups. However, once a film has a rating of "R" then all bets are off. Short of showing actual sex, anything should be allowed in film. I don't need the MPAA telling me what is acceptable in a film. I'll make up my mind for myself, thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I feel like R is a completely suitable rating for anything the MPAA want's to keep out of view of kids. If they can get into it with a parent, then thats the parents decision to let them view it. It creates a whole host of problems when directors get the NC-17 and lose their funding and ad spots. The MPAA really fucks up the movie industry.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the But I'm a Cheerleader and Boys Don't Cry thing. I also saw them when I was pretty young. I LOVE But I'm a Cheerleader, and I think Boys Don't Cry is such an important movie. More people need to see these, not less! Yea, people younger and more immature than I was the first time I saw them probably shouldn't yet, but the parents should be there to judge on that.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it all goes back to what a certain group of people think is "right" for us to be exposed to. It is obvious that we all have different feelings, as a nation, on certain topics. The gay marriage protests and all that stuff going on is a prime example. In relation to that, I do not find it shocking that the MPAA reacts more negatively to gay or lesbian and even just straight sexual acts.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. Our country is so backwards.. all of our media is full of violence, killing, and brutality, but as soon as something related to sex is shown, everyone gets all freaked out. It's ridiculous.. we're in the 21st century. This country needs to stop being a bunch of prudes.
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