http://hollywoodistas.com/taxonomy/term/286/0 en http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <div class="photocredit"><object width="425" height="350"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x0GeSeQR9Ac"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x0GeSeQR9Ac" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /> Coffee and Cigarrettes <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0GeSeQR9Ac" title="reference on Found on Youtube" target="_blank">Found on Youtube</a> </div> <p>The MPAA seems to be catching the stupid from the RIAA. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-05-11/#3" title="reference on IMBD" target="_blank">IMBD</a> reports the movie ratings board is considering to slap an R rating to any movie that "glamorizes" smoking. </p> <p>Now just to show how royally stupid that is, the Jim Jarmusch classic, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090861/" title="reference on Coffee and Cigarrettes" target="_blank">Coffee and Cigarrettes</a>, is so dangerous to the precious little minds of minors that it should be slapped with an R ratiing. Yet somehow an <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383574/" title=" Dead Man&#039;s Chest" target="_blank">Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest</a> 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. </p> <p>Classy. </p><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="service-links"><div class="service-label">Bookmark/Search this post with: </div><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us&amp;title=MPAA+stands+for+%22Ridiculous+%27R+Us%22" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/delicious.png" alt="delicious" /></a> | <a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us" title="Digg this post on digg.com." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/digg.png" alt="digg" /></a> | <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us&amp;title=MPAA+stands+for+%22Ridiculous+%27R+Us%22" title="Submit this post on reddit.com." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/reddit.png" alt="reddit" /></a> | <a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/bookmarklet/add?url=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us&amp;title=MPAA+stands+for+%22Ridiculous+%27R+Us%22" title="Submit this post on ma.gnolia.com." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/magnoliacom.png" alt="magnoliacom" /></a> | <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed&amp;save?u=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us&amp;h=MPAA+stands+for+%22Ridiculous+%27R+Us%22" title="Submit this post on newsvine.com." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/newsvine.png" alt="newsvine" /></a> | <a href="http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us&amp;t=MPAA+stands+for+%22Ridiculous+%27R+Us%22" title="Submit this post on furl.net." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/furl.png" alt="furl" /></a> | <a href="http://technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?url=http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us" title="Search Technorati for links to this post." rel="nofollow"><img src="/modules/service_links/technorati.png" alt="technorati" /></a></div><p><a href="http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us">read more</a></p> http://hollywoodistas.com/liza/blog/mpaa_stands_for_ridiculous_r_us#comment Adventures in Stupidity Censorship Movie Ratings MPAA United States Sun, 13 May 2007 00:40:12 -0400 liza 68 at http://hollywoodistas.com