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Staph

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5. But the defining characteristic of the movie ratings seems to be sexism.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 04:15 PM
Dec 2016

A movie can show pretty horrific violence and still get a PG or PG-13. But a single nip-slip or an F bomb, and the rating goes to an R.

This country is quite puritanical respecting sex and frightening blasé about violence. The Europeans think we have it backwards (and so do I!).


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