The MPAA must be some kind of pre-verts

The MPAA’s Double Standard

By Scott Lemieux

In The MPAA must be some kind of pre-verts

On September 28, 2007

In her review of the new Ang Lee picture, Manohla Dargis identifies it as another example of the bizarre way that the MPAA evaluates sex and violence relative to each other:And flirtation is the word, despite the shoving and hitting, a few harsh lashes and...

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