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Jamie Babbit, who directed the lesbian-themed teen comedy "But I'm a Cheerleader," discovered that Jason Biggs violating a pastry in "American Pie" got an R, but Natasha Lyonne pleasuring herself (while thinking of a girl) got an NC-17.
That's what America believes," says John Waters (Pink Flamingos), who succinctly describes the dubious MPAA mindset.
Anyone who pays attention to ratings controversies, or who has seen Kirby Dick's excellent 2006 documentary on the MPAA, This Film is Not Yet Rated, knows that the ratings board is notoriously arbitrary and not prone to explaining their actions publicly.
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
influenced by This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
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If you have seen Kirby Dick’s excellent “This Film is Not Yet Rated,” you know that the MPAA ratings board is especially skittish about two things: sex between people of the same gender, and oral sex.
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Directed by Emerald Fennell
influenced by The Hunting Ground (2015)
Themes
And then once you’ve done that, maybe watch The Hunting Ground or Audrie & Daisy or The Assistant or countless other films that address the impact of sexual assaults on society as a whole, because dammit, we’ve still got a lot of work to do, and men: the change starts with us.