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How the Increase of R Certified Movies is Impacting American Society Imagine a family walks into a movie theater and is trying to figure out what movie they want to see; the mother wants to see the hot new chick flick movie that is rated PG-13, the daughter wants to see the cute new children’s movie that is rated G, but the father has absolutely no interest in either and wants to go see the exciting new R rated action movie. The family debates the issue at hand and analyzes whether the R rated movie

Jeffrey Corpstein English 270 Research paper Censorship This paper will cover censorship in film with its main focus in the United States. It will cover the progress of film censorship and how it has varied throughout the country as well as state to state. The reader will discover how film censorship has changed with society and can be a resemblance of society at a certain point in time. Important cases and lawsuits will be covered as well, enabling the reader to understand why and how certain laws

work. Things such as it’s R-rating, it’s marvel and comic book origins, it’s humor, and as well as it’s fan base. These things combined produced the perfect cocktail for audiences. Deadpool was a first of it’s kind. Not only that but it showed Hollywood that such a movie, where nothing was off limits, could prevail in the industry. Many of the recent marvel movies that have been released in the past few years have had a PG-13 rating. This is the most popular rating among movies across all genres

America. This is the lowest rating and would be best for younger children. “The ratings system was established by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) in 1968” (MPAA). Since 1968, films have been analyzed by a board and voted on what kind of rating they deserve. Films range from a rating of G- NC-17. NC-17 means no one under 17 admitted. Ratings for films are voluntary but most films are submitted for a rating since they wouldn’t get as many views without a rating. This scale and

Prior to the current Hollywood rating system, in which the responsibility of determining what the viewer should see is left in the hands of the viewer (with the exception of R rated movies), Hollywood studios used self censorship to control insure what they were showing audiences was appropriate. The way that Hollywood studios were able to do this was through the enforcement of the Movie Picture Production Code (MPPC). The push for regulation of the motion picture industry picked up steam in the

established the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA) in an effort to reduce the amount of objectionable material in film. Before 1968, the MPAA required that all films follow the guidelines of the Production Code. The Production Code stipulated what was and was not appropriate to appear in films. In 1966, the MPAA elected Jack Valenti president and he changed the code to a rating system based on the amount of objectionable content in a film. The rating system went through several amendments

The Motion Picture Code of the Great Depression During the times of the Great Depression, film was viewed as a valuable importance to people. Film during this time of distress contributed to the maintenance of the national morale of America. During this time Hollywood played a valuable part, getting over eighty million Americans to attend theaters, but soon it would become a lot harder as America continued living in the Great Depression. Everyone in America, even the most troubling of poverty

something of a problem in its own right. The actual film rating system of the MPAA did not come around until 1968 as a resource from which moviegoers, and primarily parents, could make informed decision on what films were suitable for their children to watch. According to the official website of the MPAA these ratings are the result of a “board of parents who consider factors such as violence, sex, language and drug use and then assign a rating they believe the majority of American parents would give

production code. Lexington (Ky.): University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Leff and Simmons’ book explores the history of film censorship, from the 1920’s Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association (MPPDA), to the Hays Code, to the current MPAA rating system. The first half of the book gives a thorough background on the people who spearheaded the efforts to enact censorship in Hollywood, especially focusing on MPPDA President William Hays and Joseph Breen. Leff and Simmons detail the pre-code vulgarity

Association of America’s (MPAA’s) rating system for films is a form of censorship with underlying purposes. The rating system’s purposes as the film presents include profit, box office numbers, image, control and company interest. The film presents its thesis with facts, independent investigation and commentary by people within the film industry and those that the MPAA’s film rating system directly affects. The film makes a persuasive argument that the MPAA’s rating system is a form of censorship.