This Film is Not Yet Rated- Liz Vieira
I think one of the most interesting points discussed after the film is the tension between limiting the forum of presentation and regulating content for the protection of children. It seems like a difficult conflict to resolve because no one wants to deny that protection of children is important, but no one wants to advocate censorship. I think the bigger problem, which was touched on in class is that advertisers won't advertise for NC-17 films. So it is really the advertisers who promote the stigma against NC-17 films because film makers obviously don't won't to produce a film that they can't make money from.
Another troubling aspect of the ratings was the glaring inconsistency between films who had similar content but received different ratings. The MPAA seems to be unique in it's ability to be a non-governmental agency that has the power to limit the profitability of products without competition and thus isn't subject to this aspect of business competition.