On February 14, 1986, the Maryland State Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a bill proposed by delegate Judith Toth to modify the existing state pornography statute so as to include records, tapes and CDs.
Joseph Owens: “Rock music is the worst form of mass child abuse”
Frank Zappa: “I like nipples, I think they look good, and if you take the nipple off, what you have is a blob of fat”
a little present for John:
“Bikinis Destinations Rio de Janeiro”: it’s like a tourist documentary, but with better visuals.
The girls from Ipanema: Claudia Colpo, Ana Laski, Livia Rossi, Tatiana de Paula, Karen Hunecke
The documentary asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies is given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R, while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leaves the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.
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