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[shaunjohnson]

apparently our R ratings over here are more "hardcore" than yours

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

apparently our R ratings over here are more "hardcore" than yours

:) Prolly :)

What I was referring to was the big censorship battles in the US in the late 80's and early 90's and how it changed movies and music (but not really music so much, even tho it was the big focus of the fight. See MPRC and Tipper Gore. I doubt you may have them, but all the CDs sold were forced to have warning stickers applied if they had "offensive" material. Basically it just turned it into an ad for the albums..

Also in this was the changes in enforcement of movie ratings. You could put out a teen movie like Porky's, which is full of titage, and kids would all go see it. The ratings were not really enforced at theaters, so 15yo high school kids could go watch a rated R movie, which was supposed to be 17+. They are the big summer theater audience.

Suddenly studios had to detune movies, bc an R rating would cut out a huge amt of the theater viewing audience. Ie, no more F bombs and no titays. :(
(Teen) movies from the 70's and 80's were full of gratuitous nudity, but not so much anymore. There are a few, but not like it was.