MPAA stands for "Ridiculous 'R Us"

The MPAA seems to be catching the stupid from the RIAA. IMBD reports the movie ratings board is considering to slap an R rating to any movie that "glamorizes" smoking.

Now just to show how royally stupid that is, the Jim Jarmusch classic, Coffee and Cigarrettes, is so dangerous to the precious little minds of minors that it should be slapped with an R ratiing. Yet somehow an Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest warrants only a PG-13, even though it contains one of the most violently gruesome scenes involving crows eating alive pirates (you can see some pluking the eyes out of one screaming victim), after said victims have been properly tortured by Davey Jones' minions in his castle of hell.

Classy.

Smoke in Movies -- Get an "R"
In a rare alteration of its movie ratings system, the MPAA said on Thursday that the panel that assesses Hollywood movies will begin considering "depictions that glamorize smoking or movies that feature pervasive smoking outside of a historic or other mitigating context." Until now, the subjects that movie raters have primarily considered are violence, language, nudity, and drugs.

In a statement, MPAA CEO Dan Glickman said, "There is broad awareness of smoking as a unique public health concern due to nicotine's highly addictive nature, and no parent wants their child to take up the habit. ... The appropriate response of the rating system is to give more information to parents on this issue."

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