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Motion Picture Association of America (view source)
Revision as of 04:39, January 19, 2012
, 04:39, January 19, 2012studio heads expressed "a rare sense of unanimity" when Democrat and former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd was chosen in March 2011
The '''Motion Picture Association of America''' is the organization that rates movies in the [[United States]].
The '''Motion Picture Association of America''' is the trade association for [[Hollywood]], and also the organization that rates movies in the [[United States]].
It has a budget of nearly $100 million and studio heads expressed "a rare sense of unanimity" when [[Democrat]] and former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Christopher Dodd]] was chosen in March 2011 -- only about two months after he left the [[U.S. Senate]] -- to be its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-chris-dodd-lead-mpaa-162817</ref>
==Ratings==
==Ratings==
==Criticism==
==Criticism==
The MPAA has been criticized for its overly [[liberal]] tone towards violence in movies. Dick Kirby argues in his documentary ''This film is not yet rated'' that the MPAA is harsher on independent films than mainstream Hollywood films. He also argues that the MPAA is more likely to award an R or NC-17 for sexual content than for violence. Especially non gory violent films, which can get away with PG or PG-13 (such as The Dark Knight, which portrays gruesome violence but did not get the R rating).
The MPAA has been criticized for its overly [[liberal]] tone towards violence in movies. Dick Kirby argues in his documentary ''This film is not yet rated'' that the MPAA is harsher on independent films than mainstream Hollywood films. He also argues that the MPAA is more likely to award an R or NC-17 for sexual content than for violence. Especially non gory violent films, which can get away with PG or PG-13 (such as The Dark Knight, which portrays gruesome violence but did not get the R rating).
== References ==
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