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Posted by Geena Phillips on 05/19/07 00:11
Derek Janssen wrote:
> Doug Jacobs wrote:
>
>> In alt.video.dvd Useful Info <useful_inf@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You might have thought they'd never try to redeem themselves.
>>
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>>> Find the story at http://Muvy.org
>>
>> 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?) ;)
Damn you, Derek. Now I have to start doing that. :)
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