Violence
Is Rated R,
Sex Is Rated
NC-17
Our
Passion And Acceptance Of Violence
Our Disgust
With Our Nude Bodies & Sexuality
Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., CEO
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I
really would like to understand why violence is not considered
obscene in our culture, but sex is. I was going to put two pictures
next to one another for this article... one with a real murder
victim shown and another of a sexual image... but honestly I
could not in good conscience have the violent pictures on our
site that I came across.
I
actually vomited after looking and I regret even having looked
for them. The real murder victim pictures that I saw were of
a man's face split apart by a machete, a little boy's head caved
in by blows from a baseball bat and even a woman's face ripped
off after being attacked in her own home.
When
you see things like that it makes you wonder how our society
and political leaders can make war and violence seem acceptable,
but deem consensual sex between adults which is something that
is beautiful, pleasureful and causes no harm as something obscene.
Passion
Vs. Passion
A
perfect example is the bloody and brutal movie The Passion
of the Christ. The MPAA has rated it R, while The Dreamers,
which features nudity and sex, is rated NC-17.
I
am not going to comment about all the controversy regarding
The Passion of the Christ as to whether it is accurate or not
or if it is a good movie worth seeing. The point I am trying
to make is not about the substance of either movie... it is
about rating movies in a bias manner. Is violence in any rated
R movie more obscene than anyone that is nude or showing physical
affection? Yes! So why not make a highly violent movie NC-17
as well?
America's
movie rating system is hypocritical, insulting to parents, and
it's based on dangerous ideas about the protection of humans
and society.
The Dreamers
Released February 2004
Rated NC-17
The
tumultuous political landscape of Paris in 1968 serves
as the backdrop for a tale about a trio of an American
exchange student (Michael Pitt) and a pair of lovely,
moody half-French twins (Eva Green and Louis Garrel)
spend most of the picture holed up in a luxuriously
squalid Paris apartment, having sex and arguing about
movies, politics and the relative merits of Eric Clapton
and Jimi Hendrix.
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Passion of the Christ
Released February 2004
Rated R
Mel
Gibson produced this film in Sassi of Matera, as Pasolini
did in 1964 with his Gospel According to St. Matthew.
It
focuses on the 12 hours of Jesus' life leading to his
crucifixion. Jesus speaks Latin and Aramaic without
the aid of subtitles.
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