Ratings
Here is some general information on ratings, according to the MPAA
(Motion Picture Association of America) . This is the system we use
here at Unfit for Society to rate our fic. Do we believe that fiction
should be rated? Especially since books aren't? No, but it saves headaches
later on, and Vic at least thinks there's some things that children
under 15 shouldn't be reading.
G:"General Audiences-All Ages Admitted."
This is a film which contains nothing in theme, language, nudity and sex, violence, etc. which would, in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to parents whose younger children view the film. The G rating is not a "certificate of approval," nor does it signify a children's film. Some snippets of language may go beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday expressions. No stronger words are present in G-rated films. The violence is at a minimum. Nudity and sex scenes are not present; nor is there any drug use content.
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PG:"Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children."
The theme of a PG-rated film may itself call for parental guidance.
There may be some profanity in these films. There may be some violence
or brief nudity. But these elements are not deemed so intense as to
require that parents be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of
parental guidance. There is no drug use content in a PG-rated film.
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PG-13:"Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For
Children Under 13."
A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, or other contents, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category. Any drug use content will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. In effect, the PG-13 cautions parents with more stringency than usual to give special attention to this film before they allow their 12-year olds and younger to attend.
If nudity is sexually oriented, the film will generally not be found in the
PG-13 category. If violence is too rough or persistent, the film goes
into the R (restricted) rating. A film's single use of one of the
harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, shall
initially require the Rating Board to issue that film at least a PG-13
rating. More than one such expletive must lead the Rating Board to
issue a film an R rating, as must even one of these words used in
a sexual context. These films can be rated less severely, however,
if by a special vote, the Rating Board feels that a lesser rating
would more responsibly reflect the opinion of American parents.
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R:"Restricted, Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian."
An R-rated film may include hard language, or tough violence, or nudity within sensual scenes, or drug abuse or other elements, or a combination of some of the above, so that parents are counseled, in advance, to take this advisory rating very seriously. Parents must find out more about an R-rated movie before they allow their teenagers to view it.
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NC-17:"No One 17 And Under Admitted."
The reasons for the application of an NC-17 rating can be violence or sex or
aberrational behavior or drug abuse or any other elements which, when
present, most parents would consider too strong and therefore off-limits
for viewing by their children.
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