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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:18:02 -0600
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- From: jim coen <coen@ACC.WUACC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Countries Turning to God
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- >jim coen <coen@ACC.WUACC.EDU> writes:
- >
- >>Here is something that doesn't make sense. Of the very highest grossing
- >films
- >>of all time, none are "R" rated. In a market-driven industry such as the
- >>entertainment industry, this just doesn't make sense. If the money is made
- >>with films like the "Star Wars" trilogy, "ET", the Indiana Jones trilogy,
- >>etc., WHY does Hollywood continue to pump out one "R" rated film after
- >another?
- >>My guess is that there is a *power* behind this industry with an agenda to
- >>"kill, steal and destroy".
- >
- >Or maybe it's becuase, once in a while, someone wants to make movies for
- >adults.
-
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- How do you define "once in a while"? I just checked our newspaper and
- 56 % of the films advertised were rated "R".
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-
- >Sure, I love 'ET' and 'Star Wars', but I also like 'Good Fellas' and 'The
- >Godfather'. Try making them PG.
-
- --------
- On the other hand, you and I have both seen many movies that were apparently
- intentionally made "R" rated. By this I mean that the film contained one or
- two scenes of graphic violence or nudity which had nothing whatever to do with
- the story and which did not need to be included. Doesn't it make you wonder
- *why* they do it?
- --------
-
- >Or are you suggesting that films like that shouldn't be made?
- >
- >P.
- >--
- >
- >oorcockheathersiainbankshamandcornpizzapjorourkebluesbrothersspikeleepratchett
- >clive P a u l M o l o n e y "I'm pretty witty and you're itty bitty
- >pe
- >james Trinity College, Dublin And isn't it a pity the city can't see?
- >vr
- >
- >rownbladerunnerorsonscottcardprincewatchmenkatebushbatmanthekillingjoketolkien
- >
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