Well, I suppose this was inevitable coming after the article earlier this week noting that the R rating was on the way out. Now, the MPAA has begun the process of watering down PG-13 so soon all films can be given a PG-13. Variety has an article up on a new documentary full of profanity. This documentary (which I will not name, to avoid giving it press) claims to require profanity because it is about the battlefield and profanity is part of a soldier's language. The MPAA found this convincing, but to the rest of us it should sound familiar. Michael Moore made the same argument for Fahrenheit 9/11, but was turned down and ridiculed for making the argument. But now the MPAA knows that PG is where the money is, and they want to ensure there is as much money around as possible.
Sigh. FYI, the linked article has many of the swears in question, so the feint of heart may wish to take care. How long, I wonder, until we have to get an organization not part of the film industry to give ratings. Then the people giving the ratings would not have a financial interest in how the ratings come out.
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