Posted by Isis at 132.236.35.61 on July 18, 2001 at 16:02:10:
In Reply to: if they never dealt with it, surely it can be... posted by Glen on July 18, 2001 at 15:37:19:
Actually, male rape isn't shown that often. And for some reason, anything with a sexual element is more strictly censored if the subject is male than if they're female. For example full-frontal male nudity will garner a tougher rating than full-frontal female nudity.
Sexual content is also more strictly regulated than violence. It's a very complicated process, there are certain categories that are given as explanations for the ratings and there's no consistent application, really; each movie is judged individually but community standards do have an effect. With sexual violence they often don't know what to do.
Also they usually can't even just say here's the exact section of the movie we have a problem with, cut it out and we'll give you an R. Often the whole context of the movie changes the rating and not just a specific scene. There's no guarantee that changing a certain thing will get you a better rating, you have to re-cut the movie, re-submit it and wait for them to rate it again. It's laborious.
It seems that I know more about this than I should. Only Bryan could say and maybe he can't for legal purposes, who knows.
-- i
: ...whatever they request or something? hmm it's just male rape for fucks sake. clown or no clown. nothing new. weird.
: Glen