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...bunch of numbers and letters, the American movie rating system sure has a way of inviting controversy. On Nov. 1, it turns 40 years old. Dan Glickman, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Joan Graves, Chairman of the Classification and Ratings Administration, spoke to TIME about ratings history, drugs in movies, and the unfairly maligned...
...Glickman: Before Jack Valenti, my predecessor, created this system, there were a hodgepodge of ratings boards, some governmental, some not. It created confusion for filmmakers and audiences and was basically tantamount to censorship, since these boards laid out certain behaviors that could and could not occur in a movie whatsoever. Jack determined that we needed to put some order and structure to this system to give parents some predictability. He felt, rightly so, that the prime purpose of ratings were to give parents information about movies...
...Glickman: Some people still see this as a censorship board. It's not. It's an information system. It's actually designed to keep censors at bay. Some people think we're too easy on sex and nudity, some people think we're too easy on violence. But, to some extent, this is an art, not a science...
...Glickman: You have some movies today that get a 'PG-13' or 'R' ratings that 40 years ago probably wouldn't have even been made. Movies like Wedding Crashers or Knocked Up, or these other hard 'R' comedies that are out there. They reflect how society has changed, what standards it accepts...
...Fifteen Minutes: What’s the most shocking thing you’ve seen in Hollywood? Daniel R. Glickman: Probably me at the Academy Awards...