The Rating System stinks...Nicole Carroll
This Film is Not Yet Rated, has created an argument between the MPAA and society. It has brought to our attention the inconsistencies that have been created throughout our history of film. We find that Mr. Kirby Dick promotes that the MPAA is out of line and attempts to bares to exemplify the inconsistency in Hollywood ratings. So to say the most he does not agree with the statement, “some fairly well-established guidelines to the assignment of ratings, [and thus] filmmakers can now predict with a fair amount of certainty what their films’ ratings will be. In addition, it is a fairly simple matter to edit a film to conform to a particular rating’s requirements.”
We find this in the fluctuation of the ratings, especially with female sexuality. It’s explained in the article through Mr. Goyer, The Rating System, It’s Built to Endure, that “The paradox is, the more realistically and more accurately you try to portray something, the heavier it becomes.” This statement basically tells us that if we tried to create a real life movie about college kids drinking, drama, and sex that it would be no doubted stamped with a large R or NC-17 on the cover. What is so wrong with bringing these things to the attention of the public…it’s real, it’s what’s happening. Just as long as we keep that age restriction on; people would watch it for the entertainment. I know I would.
As we know the rating system is here to stay and the government is to make sure of that. We no longer have a say over what is good entertainment or what is bad. It has kicked many films out of the industry and will continue to do so. So I guess if we want to create our entertainment we have to just conform and deal with through dumbing down the reality.