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Many critics of the system, both conservative and liberal, would like to see the MPAA ratings unveiled and the standards made public. The MPAA has consistently cited nationwide scientific polls (conducted each year by the Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, New Jersey), which show that parents
In the United States, film classification is a voluntary process with the ratings issued by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) via the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA). [ 183 ] [ 184 ] The system was established in 1968, but the version listed below is the most recent revision, having been in effect since 1996. [ 185 ]
In response, the MPAA posted its ratings rules, policies, and procedures, as well as its appeals process, online. [65] According to the MPA, the ratings are made by an independent group of parents. [66] According to a 2015 study commissioned by CARA, ninety-three percent of parents in the U.S. find the rating system to be a helpful tool. [67]
While the rating is merely an advisory that is not legally enforced, distributors/providers must prominently display this rating in marketing and/or at the start of the program. The rating was seldomly used in the past, but it has become much more commonly used for many of the primetime programming (specifically television dramas). Rating ...
Some programs may voluntarily display a disclaimer regarding the show's objectionable content with the TV rating prior to the program starting, along with audibly repeating the same, with the reason for the rating (e.g. suggestive dialogue, drug and alcohol abuse, language, sexual situations, violence, nudity) and strongly cautioning parents to ...
The MPA's "NC-17" rating symbol. NC-17 (No One 17 and Under Admitted) [1] is the highest rating in the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system used for films distributed in the United States. It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18. [1]
Used with standard age-based ratings issued per the Motion Picture Association film rating system and the TV Parental Guidelines, the system incorporates ten "content descriptors" (up to six of which can be used for an individual program) providing detailed information about the types of objectionable content contained in a motion picture or ...
These details were significant in the context of the film's critique of the MPAA ratings process, as the MPAA had said (according to the film) that the review board was composed of average American parents, with children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 17, who serve on the board for fewer than seven years.):