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1. Howard Eberly on October 6, 2004 03:21 PM writes...
"There's nothing we're asking for that hasn't appeared in other R-rated movies, and our characters are made of wood and have no genitalia."
Producer Scott Rudin is using a variant of the "Bullwinkle" defense. When the network censors told Hanna Barbara they couldn't show Bullwinkle in a pot about to be cooked by cannibals, because cannibalism violated network policy, the show's creators said it was not against the law to cook a moose.
The article doesn't mention Parker and Stone's early independent movie Orgazmo. This movie was released with an NC-17 rating after Parker and Stone repeatedly failed to find a cut that would earn an R. In an interview after some of their later (major studio) movies were released, Parker and Stone claimed that the ratings board provided much more assistance to big studios than to independents seeking R ratings.
Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
Ernest Miller's blog postings can also be found @
1. Howard Eberly on October 6, 2004 03:21 PM writes...
"There's nothing we're asking for that hasn't appeared in other R-rated movies, and our characters are made of wood and have no genitalia."
Producer Scott Rudin is using a variant of the "Bullwinkle" defense. When the network censors told Hanna Barbara they couldn't show Bullwinkle in a pot about to be cooked by cannibals, because cannibalism violated network policy, the show's creators said it was not against the law to cook a moose.
Permalink to Comment2. Matt Brubeck on October 6, 2004 07:26 PM writes...
The article doesn't mention Parker and Stone's early independent movie Orgazmo. This movie was released with an NC-17 rating after Parker and Stone repeatedly failed to find a cut that would earn an R. In an interview after some of their later (major studio) movies were released, Parker and Stone claimed that the ratings board provided much more assistance to big studios than to independents seeking R ratings.
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