Posted by Derek Janssen on 05/11/07 22:52

Doug Jacobs wrote:

> In alt.video.dvd Useful Info <useful_inf@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>You might have thought they'd never try to redeem themselves.
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>>Find the story at http://Muvy.org
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> Are we going to do the same for alcohol usage as well? Note that this
> would make movies like E.T. "R"....

This was the MPAA giving in a little too naively to the pressure groups,
who'd been trying to grab some big "movement" stunt for headline value
for several years now:

Remember the big one from two years ago?:
"Hey, audiences, show your protest!--Cough whenever an onscreen
character lights up!"
(Uh, yeah, and what next?: Go "Moo" every time a character eats red
meat?) ;)

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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